Governor Cuomo Announces Lowest Single-Day COVID-19 Positivity Rate Since August 29, 2020

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 0.77%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 0.92%—Lowest Since September 23; 48 Straight Days of Decline

Hospitalizations Drop to 1,335—Lowest Since November 5

ICU Patients Drop to 315—Lowest Since November 11

Intubations Drop to 194—Lowest Since November 17

12 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 0.77 percent yesterday, the lowest since August 29, 2020.

"New Yorkers are fighting COVID-19 on all fronts across this great state, and as more people get vaccinated, our numbers continue to come down," Governor Cuomo said. "New Yorkers are ready for the new normal, and we've relaxed many restrictions that were put into place to protect the public health and adopted new CDC guidelines. Continuing to successfully get more New Yorkers vaccinated is going to make or break the state's COVID-19 response, and we need everyone who has not yet taken the shot to make an appointment or simply walk into a site today."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 138,927
Total Positive - 1,073
Percent Positive - 0.77%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.92%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,335 (-26)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -248
Patients Newly Admitted - 174
Number ICU - 315 (-11)
Number ICU with Intubation - 194 (-4)
Total Discharges - 181,091 (179)
Deaths - 12
Total Deaths - 42,594

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	51	0.00%	59%
Central New York	49	0.01%	62%
Finger Lakes	170	0.01%	65%
Long Island	179	0.01%	65%
Mid-Hudson	117	0.01%	70%
Mohawk Valley	33	0.01%	66%
New York City	536	0.01%	63%
North Country	17	0.00%	75%
Southern Tier	44	0.01%	73%
Western New York	139	0.01%	63%
Statewide	1335	0.01%	65%

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	232	194	16%
Central New York	225	183	19%
Finger Lakes	397	237	40%
Long Island	844	558	34%
Mid-Hudson	645	367	43%
Mohawk Valley	97	77	21%
New York City	2,482	1826	26%
North Country	55	27	51%
Southern Tier	115	63	45%
Western New York	545	338	38%
Statewide	5,637	3870	31%

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	1.13%	1.10%	1.08%
Central New York	1.51%	1.54%	1.55%
Finger Lakes	2.46%	2.44%	2.38%
Long Island	0.84%	0.79%	0.76%
Mid-Hudson	0.89%	0.84%	0.84%
Mohawk Valley	1.00%	0.99%	0.91%
New York City	0.78%	0.75%	0.71%
North Country	1.72%	1.46%	1.47%
Southern Tier	0.63%	0.63%	0.62%
Western New York	1.65%	1.59%	1.53%
Statewide	0.99%	0.95%	0.92%

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	0.79%	0.77%	0.73%
Brooklyn	0.88%	0.85%	0.85%
Manhattan	0.49%	0.47%	0.44%
Queens	0.85%	0.80%	0.75%
Staten Island	1.03%	0.93%	0.84%

Of the 2,078,417 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,549	18
Allegany	3,503	5
Broome	18,482	19
Cattaraugus	5,668	0
Cayuga	6,275	7
Chautauqua	8,865	4
Chemung	7,633	8
Chenango	3,455	4
Clinton	4,821	3
Columbia	4,037	0
Cortland	3,831	7
Delaware	2,345	1
Dutchess	29,320	19
Erie	88,925	40
Essex	1,586	0
Franklin	2,530	2
Fulton	4,371	1
Genesee	5,404	3
Greene	3,383	1
Hamilton	313	0
Herkimer	5,141	2
Jefferson	6,027	12
Lewis	2,760	2
Livingston	4,462	4
Madison	4,513	7
Monroe	67,781	109
Montgomery	4,231	3
Nassau	182,859	49
Niagara	19,881	25
NYC	931,380	439
Oneida	22,376	9
Onondaga	38,418	38
Ontario	7,360	5
Orange	48,033	18
Orleans	3,090	4
Oswego	7,530	12
Otsego	3,422	3
Putnam	10,560	2
Rensselaer	11,164	3
Rockland	46,777	9
Saratoga	15,226	13
Schenectady	13,085	5
Schoharie	1,680	0
Schuyler	1,045	3
Seneca	1,994	0
St. Lawrence	6,577	6
Steuben	6,857	9
Suffolk	200,058	67
Sullivan	6,600	8
Tioga	3,757	0
Tompkins	4,299	5
Ulster	13,838	13
Warren	3,614	2
Washington	3,115	3
Wayne	5,723	5
Westchester	129,161	30
Wyoming	3,555	7
Yates	1,172	0

Yesterday, 12 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,594. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: