Governor Cuomo Announces Lowest Single-Day COVID-19 Positivity Rate Since October 10

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 1.08%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 1.25%—Lowest Since October 22; 38 Straight Days of Decline

Hospitalizations Drop to 1,852—Lowest Since November 14

7-Day Hospitalizations Drop to 2,041—Lowest Since November 18; 42 Straight Days of Decline

ICU Patients Drop to 433—Lowest Since November 17

Intubations Drop to 258—Lowest Since November 22

22 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.08 percent yesterday, the lowest since October 10.

"New Yorkers are making tremendous progress in slowing the spread and keeping the numbers down - we have the lowest single-day positivity rate since October 10 and that is purely a function of our resilience and discipline," Governor Cuomo said. "As our numbers continue to decline, we're reopening even more sectors of our economy and reimagining life for a new normal in a post-pandemic world. We are getting on with life, but we haven't fully conquered the COVID beast yet and we have to continue with the practices we know work to stop COVID in its tracks - wearing masks, practicing social distancing and most importantly, getting vaccinated."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 204,531
Total Positive - 2,216
Percent Positive - 1.08%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.25%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,852 (-76)
7-Day Average Patient Hospitalization - 2,041
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -483
Patients Newly Admitted - 240
Number ICU - 433 (-30)
Number ICU with Intubation - 258 (-12)
Total Discharges - 179,098 (+241)
Deaths - 22
Total Deaths - 42,389

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	72	0.01%	30%
Central New York	47	0.01%	32%
Finger Lakes	215	0.02%	40%
Long Island	262	0.01%	37%
Mid-Hudson	156	0.01%	48%
Mohawk Valley	34	0.01%	42%
New York City	804	0.01%	36%
North Country	12	0.00%	57%
Southern Tier	62	0.01%	52%
Western New York	188	0.01%	34%
Statewide	1852	0.01%	38%

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	238	200	16%
Central New York	233	170	27%
Finger Lakes	397	224	44%
Long Island	846	605	28%
Mid-Hudson	668	385	42%
Mohawk Valley	97	73	25%
New York City	2,512	1859	26%
North Country	58	21	64%
Southern Tier	115	68	41%
Western New York	547	342	37%
Statewide	5,711	3947	31%

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

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.40%	1.42%	1.47%
Central New York	1.11%	1.14%	1.17%
Finger Lakes	2.71%	2.78%	2.75%
Long Island	1.20%	1.16%	1.10%
Mid-Hudson	1.34%	1.23%	1.16%
Mohawk Valley	1.48%	1.49%	1.42%
New York City	1.20%	1.11%	1.07%
North Country	2.13%	2.00%	2.12%
Southern Tier	0.60%	0.60%	0.63%
Western New York	2.34%	2.30%	2.24%
Statewide	1.34%	1.28%	1.25%

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

BOROUGH	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Bronx	1.28%	1.17%	1.13%
Brooklyn	1.38%	1.23%	1.20%
Manhattan	0.71%	0.70%	0.64%
Queens	1.30%	1.24%	1.19%
Staten Island	1.42%	1.35%	1.30%

Of the 2,063,465 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,385	17
Allegany	3,398	5
Broome	18,300	25
Cattaraugus	5,559	20
Cayuga	6,177	17
Chautauqua	8,776	9
Chemung	7,516	21
Chenango	3,392	4
Clinton	4,784	11
Columbia	3,991	8
Cortland	3,728	12
Delaware	2,311	4
Dutchess	29,107	22
Erie	88,115	143
Essex	1,573	0
Franklin	2,516	5
Fulton	4,324	9
Genesee	5,333	11
Greene	3,354	5
Hamilton	307	2
Herkimer	5,094	7
Jefferson	5,884	22
Lewis	2,676	17
Livingston	4,336	13
Madison	4,458	9
Monroe	66,320	235
Montgomery	4,188	4
Nassau	182,027	107
Niagara	19,634	39
NYC	925,848	855
Oneida	22,203	36
Onondaga	37,901	60
Ontario	7,283	11
Orange	47,777	39
Orleans	3,043	8
Oswego	7,397	6
Otsego	3,390	3
Putnam	10,531	3
Rensselaer	11,072	18
Rockland	46,607	21
Saratoga	15,071	16
Schenectady	12,948	10
Schoharie	1,655	3
Schuyler	1,028	0
Seneca	1,977	3
St. Lawrence	6,480	14
Steuben	6,746	23
Suffolk	199,148	123
Sullivan	6,533	8
Tioga	3,671	12
Tompkins	4,221	5
Ulster	13,733	16
Warren	3,577	8
Washington	3,073	9
Wayne	5,622	9
Westchester	128,703	79
Wyoming	3,497	13
Yates	1,167	2

Yesterday, 22 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State—the lowest single-day death toll since November 10, 2020—bringing the total to 42,389. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: