Governor Cuomo Announces COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since November 7

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.35%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Falls Below 3.00% For First Time Since November 24

3,754 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide — Lowest Since November 29

849 Patients in the ICU — Lowest Since December 4

520 Intubated — Lowest Since December 7

35 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday — Fewest Since November 22

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 2.35 percent, the lowest since November 7.

"New York is making tremendous progress in our goal to vaccinate every New Yorker while keeping the infection and hospitalization rates down, but variants of the virus remain a concern across the state," Governor Cuomo said. "It's going to take everyone working together, as individuals and in communities, to protect each other and defeat this virus once and for all. Until we get to that point, we must stay vigilant and continue with the behaviors we know slow the spread - washing your hands, staying socially distanced and wearing a mask."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 243,171
Total Positive - 5,704
Percent Positive - 2.35%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.92%
Patient Hospitalization - 3,754 (-80)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -329
Patients Newly Admitted - 478
Hospital Counties - 54
Number ICU - 849 (-17)
Number ICU with Intubation - 520 (-15)
Total Discharges - 170,778 (+511)
Deaths - 35
Total Deaths - 41,485

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

Region	COVID Patients Currently in Hospital in Region	COVID Patients as Percent of Region Population	Percent of Hospital Beds Available Within 7 Days Under Surge Plan
Capital Region	111	0.01%	29%
Central New York	74	0.01%	31%
Finger Lakes	199	0.02%	37%
Long Island	593	0.02%	34%
Mid-Hudson	397	0.02%	44%
Mohawk Valley	56	0.01%	39%
New York City	1865	0.02%	32%
North Country	24	0.01%	54%
Southern Tier	89	0.01%	47%
Western New York	346	0.03%	32%
Statewide	3754	0.02%	35%

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

Region	Total ICU Beds in Region	Total Occupied ICU Beds in Region	Percent of ICU Beds Available in Region (7-day Avg)
Capital Region	239	201	19%
Central New York	262	189	29%
Finger Lakes	397	246	38%
Long Island	854	631	25%
Mid-Hudson	671	385	39%
Mohawk Valley	97	79	19%
New York City	2,562	1992	23%
North Country	60	37	44%
Southern Tier	126	72	46%
Western New York	545	359	34%
Statewide	5,813	4191	28%

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

REGION	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Capital Region	2.39%	2.35%	2.31%
Central New York	1.43%	1.59%	1.56%
Finger Lakes	3.09%	3.22%	3.13%
Long Island	3.46%	3.38%	3.21%
Mid-Hudson	3.62%	3.54%	3.37%
Mohawk Valley	2.00%	1.97%	1.92%
New York City	3.27%	3.21%	3.12%
North Country	1.68%	1.64%	1.59%
Southern Tier	0.81%	0.85%	0.85%
Western New York	4.93%	5.25%	4.97%
Statewide	3.04%	3.03%	2.92%

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

BOROUGH	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Bronx	3.45%	3.65%	3.16%
Brooklyn	3.83%	4.09%	3.56%
Manhattan	2.12%	2.23%	2.05%
Queens	3.79%	3.90%	3.48%
Staten Island	4.44%	4.50%	3.85%

Of the 1,984,929 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	23,679	70
Allegany	3,185	7
Broome	17,417	57
Cattaraugus	5,169	21
Cayuga	5,871	8
Chautauqua	8,419	41
Chemung	7,162	20
Chenango	3,091	14
Clinton	4,550	22
Columbia	3,832	6
Cortland	3,546	9
Delaware	2,170	14
Dutchess	27,982	80
Erie	82,588	430
Essex	1,504	8
Franklin	2,403	7
Fulton	4,081	24
Genesee	5,065	11
Greene	3,126	8
Hamilton	301	0
Herkimer	4,930	12
Jefferson	5,465	10
Lewis	2,457	4
Livingston	4,018	21
Madison	4,302	10
Monroe	61,114	233
Montgomery	3,896	15
Nassau	177,344	343
Niagara	18,314	103
NYC	892,275	2,688
Oneida	21,454	45
Onondaga	36,061	120
Ontario	6,887	29
Orange	46,133	112
Orleans	2,776	22
Oswego	6,986	14
Otsego	3,196	15
Putnam	10,217	31
Rensselaer	10,679	37
Rockland	45,700	49
Saratoga	14,418	38
Schenectady	12,420	25
Schoharie	1,552	4
Schuyler	990	2
Seneca	1,883	5
St. Lawrence	6,217	23
Steuben	6,296	24
Suffolk	193,546	395
Sullivan	6,153	27
Tioga	3,412	17
Tompkins	4,058	8
Ulster	13,039	67
Warren	3,386	12
Washington	2,857	10
Wayne	5,260	14
Westchester	125,726	239
Wyoming	3,261	22
Yates	1,110	2

Yesterday, 35 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 41,485. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: