Governor Cuomo Announces Lowest Single-day COVID-19 Positivity Rate since October 22

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 1.27%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 1.62%—Lowest Since November 3

Western New York's 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 2.82%—Every Region of New York State Below 3 Percent for First Time Since November 5

Hospitalizations Drop to 2,335—Lowest Since November 18; Down 599 Over Past Week

ICU Patients Drop to 605—Lowest Since November 24

Intubations Drop to 371—Lowest Since November 30

23 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.27 percent yesterday, the lowest since October 22.

Western New York's 7-day average positivity rate dropped to 2.82 percent yesterday. The positivity rate in every region of New York State has now dropped below 3 percent for the first time since November 5, 2020.

"As we make progress defeating the COVID beast and the numbers continue to come down, we are incrementally reopening our economy based on the science and the data," Governor Cuomo said. "This is all good news, but we aren't through this pandemic yet and it's essential that New Yorkers continue practicing safe behaviors like washing hands, wearing masks and socially distancing to slow the spread. We will get past COVID, but only if we do it together, so we need every single New Yorker to do their part and get vaccinated so we can begin to recover, reimagine and rebuild."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 203,644
Total Positive - 2,585
Percent Positive - 1.27%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.62%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,335 (-123)
7-Day Average Patient Hospitalization - 2,572
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -599
Patients Newly Admitted - 287
Number ICU - 605 (-5)
Number ICU with Intubation - 371 (-8)
Total Discharges - 177,356 (+344)
Deaths - 23
Total Deaths - 42,185

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	87	0.01%	28%
Central New York	65	0.01%	33%
Finger Lakes	220	0.02%	39%
Long Island	308	0.01%	36%
Mid-Hudson	223	0.01%	46%
Mohawk Valley	33	0.01%	39%
New York City	1057	0.01%	34%
North Country	17	0.00%	57%
Southern Tier	73	0.01%	51%
Western New York	252	0.02%	33%
Statewide	2335	0.01%	37%

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	236	202	14%
Central New York	233	178	24%
Finger Lakes	397	228	43%
Long Island	852	601	29%
Mid-Hudson	667	397	40%
Mohawk Valley	94	70	26%
New York City	2,533	1901	25%
North Country	57	30	47%
Southern Tier	115	74	36%
Western New York	545	348	36%
Statewide	5,729	4029	30%

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	1.47%	1.49%	1.34%
Central New York	1.58%	1.51%	1.38%
Finger Lakes	2.92%	2.84%	2.74%
Long Island	1.74%	1.67%	1.57%
Mid-Hudson	1.77%	1.71%	1.67%
Mohawk Valley	1.38%	1.44%	1.36%
New York City	1.65%	1.61%	1.55%
North Country	2.00%	2.09%	1.92%
Southern Tier	0.74%	0.75%	0.68%
Western New York	3.23%	3.12%	2.82%
Statewide	1.76%	1.71%	1.62%

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	1.66%	1.67%	1.57%
Brooklyn	1.98%	1.98%	1.90%
Manhattan	0.98%	0.93%	0.90%
Queens	1.76%	1.68%	1.64%
Staten Island	2.00%	1.91%	1.86%

Of the 2,048,489 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,246	20
Allegany	3,343	7
Broome	18,105	24
Cattaraugus	5,460	16
Cayuga	6,098	5
Chautauqua	8,695	13
Chemung	7,423	7
Chenango	3,342	11
Clinton	4,744	13
Columbia	3,933	9
Cortland	3,673	10
Delaware	2,287	8
Dutchess	28,892	42
Erie	87,153	136
Essex	1,552	1
Franklin	2,499	2
Fulton	4,246	7
Genesee	5,268	8
Greene	3,287	8
Hamilton	304	0
Herkimer	5,041	12
Jefferson	5,746	18
Lewis	2,590	10
Livingston	4,245	12
Madison	4,411	7
Monroe	64,987	257
Montgomery	4,130	12
Nassau	181,253	145
Niagara	19,347	41
NYC	920,091	1,042
Oneida	21,998	28
Onondaga	37,518	61
Ontario	7,212	20
Orange	47,491	54
Orleans	2,989	13
Oswego	7,304	21
Otsego	3,347	7
Putnam	10,471	10
Rensselaer	10,977	13
Rockland	46,483	37
Saratoga	14,903	16
Schenectady	12,815	15
Schoharie	1,625	2
Schuyler	1,026	3
Seneca	1,959	3
St. Lawrence	6,405	11
Steuben	6,626	27
Suffolk	198,183	160
Sullivan	6,456	18
Tioga	3,614	5
Tompkins	4,184	6
Ulster	13,620	24
Warren	3,513	6
Washington	3,016	5
Wayne	5,531	18
Westchester	128,236	83
Wyoming	3,442	12
Yates	1,154	4

Yesterday, 23 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 42,185. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: