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

145,811 COVID-19 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday

20 ZIP Codes in Areas with Hot Spots - Brooklyn, Queens and Orange and Rockland Counties - Have 5.8 Percent Positivity Rate

Statewide Positivity Excluding Hot Spot ZIP Codes is 1.01 Percent; 1.26 Percent with Hot Spot ZIP Codes Included

10 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 637 Establishments; Observes 7 Establishments Not in Compliance

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 145,811 COVID-19 diagnostic test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high. In the top 20 ZIP codes in areas that have seen recent outbreaks - Brooklyn, Queens, and Rockland and Orange Counties - 7,349 tests were conducted, yielding 426 positives or a 5.8 percent positivity rate. In the remainder of the state, 138,462 tests were conducted yielding 1,410 positives or a 1.01 percent positivity rate.

"Yesterday we did 145,000 tests, which is a new record for the State of New York. That's more tests than anyone's doing in the United States, a new high for us. The tests, and the reason we're increasing tests, is we're testing two universes--the normal statewide testing, which is what we've been doing, and then testing just in the hot spot ZIP codes," Governor Cuomo said. "Some have reported that the state's infection rate is going up. That is not a fact and that is incorrect. The clusters are what we are watching. The clusters are 6 percent of the state population. I don't think there's any other state that does enough testing to even know what 6 percent of the population is doing. So don't confuse 6 percent of the population and say it's representative of the state."

New York State continues to track clusters with a particular focus on areas where there are hot spot, cluster situations. Within the top 20 ZIP codes in counties with recent outbreaks - Brooklyn, Queens, and Rockland and Orange Counties - the average rate of positive tests is 5.8 percent. The rate of positive tests for the remainder of New York State, not counting these 20 ZIP codes, is 1.01 percent. These 20 ZIP codes contained 23.2 percent of all positive cases in New York State yesterday, but represent only 6.2 percent of the state's population.

Areas in hot spot communities, predominantly in Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties, will continue to be subject of focused testing efforts including access to rapid testing machines. The ZIP codes are available below, sorted by highest positivity on 7-day average.

COUNTY	ZIP	% POSITIVE 10/7	% POSITIVE 10/6	% POSITIVE - 3 DAY AVG	% POSITIVE - 7 DAY AVG	% POSITIVE - 14 DAY AVG
Orange	10950	10.1%	13.3%	12.1%	15.0%	16.3%
Rockland	10952	16.0%	8.3%	14.4%	13.1%	14.1%
Rockland	10977	10.6%	10.1%	11.7%	11.7%	12.5%
Kings	11223	7.4%	5.3%	5.9%	7.6%	6.8%
Kings	11230	4.6%	4.8%	4.8%	6.1%	6.1%
Queens	11367	3.8%	5.8%	6.4%	6.0%	5.0%
Kings	11219	6.1%	10.6%	7.1%	5.9%	5.8%
Rockland	10901	4.6%	1.5%	4.5%	5.6%	6.4%
Kings	11204	4.2%	5.9%	5.3%	5.2%	5.4%
Kings	11210	3.2%	3.6%	4.4%	5.1%	5.4%
Orange	12550	4.2%	4.7%	4.0%	4.6%	3.4%
Kings	11229	3.8%	4.4%	4.0%	4.4%	4.2%
Rockland	10956	4.4%	5.6%	5.4%	3.6%	3.4%
Queens	11691	4.9%	4.0%	4.5%	3.5%	3.2%
Kings	11249	1.9%	4.9%	3.9%	3.4%	2.8%
Kings	11218	2.9%	4.0%	3.2%	3.1%	2.7%
Queens	11374	3.7%	1.4%	2.1%	2.5%	2.7%
Queens	11432	2.5%	4.8%	2.6%	2.5%	2.0%
Orange	10940	1.9%	3.3%	2.5%	2.5%	2.1%
Kings	11235	1.4%	2.2%	2.2%	2.4%	2.6%

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 637 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 7 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Suffolk - 7

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 754 (+6)
Patients Newly Admitted - 106
Hospital Counties - 37
Number ICU - 172 (-4)
Number ICU with Intubation - 67 (-5)
Total Discharges - 77,351 (+84)
Deaths - 10
Total Deaths - 25,555

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

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.0%	0.9%	0.5%
Central New York	1.8%	0.9%	1.0%
Finger Lakes	0.8%	0.5%	1.3%
Long Island	1.1%	1.2%	1.0%
Mid-Hudson	2.5%	2.0%	2.2%
Mohawk Valley	0.6%	0.4%	0.5%
New York City	1.4%	1.5%	1.2%
North Country	0.3%	0.1%	0.7%
Southern Tier	1.8%	1.4%	1.3%
Western New York	1.6%	0.9%	1.4%

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

BOROUGH	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Bronx	1.4%	0.9%	0.9%
Brooklyn	2.1%	2.2%	1.7%
Manhattan	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%
Queens	1.3%	1.7%	1.3%
Staten Island	1.8%	1.4%	1.4%

Of the 470,104 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	3,251	18
Allegany	131	1
Broome	2,239	108
Cattaraugus	327	11
Cayuga	237	3
Chautauqua	656	15
Chemung	855	39
Chenango	267	2
Clinton	177	4
Columbia	611	0
Cortland	260	20
Delaware	144	1
Dutchess	5,222	8
Erie	11,953	55
Essex	176	2
Franklin	71	1
Fulton	351	1
Genesee	355	3
Greene	372	6
Hamilton	15	0
Herkimer	355	2
Jefferson	177	1
Lewis	54	1
Livingston	216	3
Madison	505	0
Monroe	6,316	50
Montgomery	242	1
Nassau	47,656	140
Niagara	1,855	13
NYC	248,696	696
Oneida	2,503	13
Onondaga	4,669	33
Ontario	505	3
Orange	12,664	101
Orleans	342	2
Oswego	536	5
Otsego	354	1
Putnam	1,669	8
Rensselaer	958	1
Rockland	16,454	198
Saratoga	1,122	11
Schenectady	1,438	6
Schoharie	88	1
Schuyler	62	3
Seneca	114	2
St. Lawrence	339	2
Steuben	608	23
Suffolk	47,196	107
Sullivan	1,633	4
Tioga	304	13
Tompkins	465	7
Ulster	2,343	8
Warren	427	2
Washington	314	3
Wayne	347	8
Westchester	38,694	66
Wyoming	147	0
Yates	67	0

Yesterday, there were 10 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,555. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: