Governor Cuomo Announces COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop to Lowest Level since December 12

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York State dropped to 5,626, the lowest since December 12. The single-day positivity rate dropped to 2.82 percent, the lowest since November 21, and the 7-day average positivity rate dropped to 3.22 percent, the lowest since November 26.

"Defeating COVID-19 is front and center in New York State, and declining positivity rates and hospitalizations are aiding our efforts to vaccinate more New Yorkers, reopen the economy and get to the light at the end of the tunnel," Governor Cuomo said. "New Yorkers' resilience and willingness to follow the rules got us through the Spring and the holiday surge, and it is getting us through the winter. We're vaccinating New Yorkers at a fast clip and expanding our network of distribution sites as fast as we can, but we're going to need more vaccines to address a large enough portion of the population to defeat this pandemic once and for all. I'm confident that we will get there, but in the meantime New Yorkers need to continue social distancing, wearing masks and washing their hands. We wear masks not just to protect ourselves, but to protect each other, and that spirit will get us through the coming months as we work to beat the COVID beast."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 291,189
• Total Positive - 8,204
• Percent Positive - 2.82%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.22%
• Patient Hospitalization - 5,626 (-77)
• Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -529
• Patients Newly Admitted - 697
• Hospital Counties - 53
• Number ICU - 1,132 (+8)
• Number ICU with Intubation - 771 (-3)
• Total Discharges - 144,991 (+669)
• Deaths - 95
• Total Deaths - 38,321

The regional hospital bed capacity and occupancy numbers, including the number of hospitalizations as a percent of the region's population, is as follows:

The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:

Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Of the 1,614,724 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

Yesterday, 95 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 38,321. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: