Governor Cuomo Announces New Record High Number of COVID-19 Test Results Reported

324,671 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday

Additional Case of UK Variant in Nassau County Brings Total Cases to 16

8,808 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

1,570 Patients in the ICU; 962 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 6.14%

183 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 324,671 COVID-19 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high. An additional case of the UK variant was identified in Nassau County. To date, there are 16 known cases of the variant in New York State.

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"The positivity rate will change when communities decide it will change. It's still purely a function of how a community acts and there's still personal responsibility. We talked about what would happen with COVID spread through the holiday season, and much of the diagnosis came true," Governor Cuomo said. "We said that you were going to see the holiday season increase social activity, and I reminded New Yorkers every day to celebrate smart. People said that it was the holiday season and they wanted to celebrate, but if you don't celebrate smart, we'll see an increase in the COVID transmission rate. And we saw an increase in the COVID transmission rate. Over Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, we shot up like a rocket. After New Year's Day, it started to flatten because the increase in social activity started to flatten. And now, we're starting to see a drop post-New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. And that is good news. We'd rather not have seen the increase, but I believe the increase would have been worse if we weren't smart and disciplined during the holidays."

The positivity rate will change when communities decide it will change. It's still purely a function of how a community acts and there's still personal responsibility.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 324,671
Total Positive - 19,942
Percent Positive - 6.14%
Patient Hospitalization - 8,808 (-15)
Patients Newly Admitted - 1,153
Hospital Counties - 56
Number ICU - 1,570 (+34)
Number ICU with Intubation - 962 (+6)
Total Discharges - 113,919 (+940)
Deaths - 183
Total Deaths - 32,566

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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 in Region
Capital Region	525	0.05%	25%
Central New York	319	0.04%	26%
Finger Lakes	793	0.07%	33%
Long Island	1,647	0.06%	29%
Mid-Hudson	997	0.04%	40%
Mohawk Valley	292	0.06%	24%
New York City	3,341	0.04%	32%
North Country	117	0.03%	52%
Southern Tier	250	0.04%	41%
Western New York	527	0.04%	32%
Statewide	8,808	0.05%	32%

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 Average)
Capital Region	254	210	20%
Central New York	262	191	27%
Finger Lakes	397	307	24%
Long Island	862	635	24%
Mid-Hudson	684	442	39%
Mohawk Valley	133	113	19%
New York City	2,467	1,891	24%
North Country	57	40	37%
Southern Tier	125	75	36%
Western New York	545	361	36%
Statewide	5,786	4,265	27%

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

REGION	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY
Capital Region	8.67%	8.45%	7.94%
Central New York	6.77%	6.74%	6.21%
Finger Lakes	8.72%	8.28%	7.63%
Long Island	8.90%	8.69%	8.27%
Mid-Hudson	7.95%	7.81%	7.67%
Mohawk Valley	9.24%	9.18%	8.66%
New York City	5.92%	5.83%	5.70%
North Country	7.62%	7.69%	7.44%
Southern Tier	4.61%	4.33%	4.01%
Western New York	7.26%	7.43%	6.93%
Statewide	7.08%	6.95%	6.67%

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

BOROUGH	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY
Bronx	7.21%	7.25%	7.68%
Brooklyn	6.03%	5.91%	6.24%
Manhattan	3.53%	3.64%	3.80%
Queens	6.71%	6.63%	6.90%
Staten Island	6.41%	6.33%	6.55%

Of the 1,203,550 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	15,520	290
Allegany	2,286	29
Broome	10,620	163
Cattaraugus	3,253	54
Cayuga	4,197	94
Chautauqua	5,221	130
Chemung	5,422	63
Chenango	1,654	42
Clinton	1,977	77
Columbia	2,299	96
Cortland	2,563	30
Delaware	965	14
Dutchess	15,873	384
Erie	50,227	749
Essex	929	29
Franklin	1,040	34
Fulton	1,932	88
Genesee	3,506	47
Greene	1,929	56
Hamilton	143	0
Herkimer	3,423	120
Jefferson	2,942	101
Lewis	1,388	48
Livingston	2,561	51
Madison	2,985	43
Monroe	42,774	697
Montgomery	2,069	83
Nassau	109,984	1,858
Niagara	11,534	286
NYC	508,357	7,725
Oneida	16,110	334
Onondaga	26,544	392
Ontario	4,528	83
Orange	27,862	390
Orleans	1,851	53
Oswego	4,664	112
Otsego	1,559	37
Putnam	6,203	136
Rensselaer	6,454	179
Rockland	31,061	291
Saratoga	8,653	206
Schenectady	8,183	163
Schoharie	851	33
Schuyler	684	10
Seneca	1,144	40
St. Lawrence	3,320	92
Steuben	4,444	64
Suffolk	122,597	2,181
Sullivan	3,713	59
Tioga	2,124	22
Tompkins	2,528	44
Ulster	7,337	156
Warren	1,928	82
Washington	1,381	49
Wayne	3,527	79
Westchester	81,982	1,113
Wyoming	1,987	48
Yates	758	13

Yesterday, 183 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 32,566. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	3
Bronx	3
Broome	3
Cattaraugus	1
Cayuga	5
Chautauqua	5
Chenango	1
Dutchess	4
Erie	6
Genesee	1
Greene	4
Herkimer	1
Jefferson	1
Kings	23
Lewis	1
Livingston	2
Madison	1
Manhattan	6
Monroe	7
Montgomery	1
Nassau	10
Niagara	4
Oneida	4
Onondaga	6
Ontario	1
Orange	4
Orleans	1
Queens	18
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	5
Rockland	2
Saratoga	6
Schenectady	2
Seneca	1
Suffolk	21
Ulster	4
Warren	1
Washington	1
Westchester	11
Wyoming	1