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

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 217,721 COVID-19 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high.

"We know what's going on with the numbers because we're seen the movie in New York, we've seen the movie across the country. The positivity goes up, more people get sick, more people go into the hospital, more people go into the ICU, more people get intubated, and the death number goes up. Relative to the rest of the country, New York State is still doing phenomenally well and that's thanks to the good actions of New Yorkers," Governor Cuomo said. "On the winter plan, we're going to stay with the micro-cluster approach because that targets the spread, minimizes economic impact and stresses individual and community accountability. So that's working very well, and all the experts think that is state-of-the-art. The winter plan will include three elements—first, adding more factors to the micro-clusters. Second, the schools and the testing of the schools to keep them open at a rate that's sustainable. Third, a vaccine distribution plan. Happy Thanksgiving. Celebrate, please just do it safely. Let's not create more of an issue. Again, people have to appreciate the dichotomy here. The spread is going to be from pre-symptomatic people who don't even know they have the virus. It's not that they're going to be malicious. It's going to be accidental and involuntary. So what appears safe is no longer safe in this crazy world."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.90 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.68 percent. Within the focus areas, 49,195 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 2,412 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 168,526 test results were reported, yielding 4,521 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

STATEWIDE	11/8- 11/14 % Positive	11/15- 11/21 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (11/24) % Positive	Yesterday (11/25) % Positive


All focus area statewide % positive	4.81%	4.51%	4.55%	5.28%	4.90%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	2.86%	2.89%	3.01%	3.62%	3.18%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	2.47%	2.44%	2.55%	3.04%	2.68%

Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:

FOCUS ZONE	11/8- 11/14 % Positive	11/15- 11/21 % Positive	Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average	Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average	Current 7-day Rolling average


Erie orange-zone focus area % positive	7.22%	7.30%	7.02%	6.94%	6.81%
Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.34%	7.36%	7.52%	6.69%	6.92%
Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive	5.10%	4.44%	4.75%	5.56%	6.14%
Monroe Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.41%	4.17%	4.49%	4.72%	4.99%
Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.95%	3.58%	3.47%	3.72%	4.06%
Onondaga Orange-zone focus area % positive	6.26%	5.34%	4.96%	4.91%	4.95%
Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.03%	4.50%	4.25%	4.23%	4.23%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.40%	3.40%	3.19%	3.15%	3.25%
Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	3.52%	3.81%	3.84%	4.27%
Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive	3.80%	4.70%	4.58%	4.55%	4.55%
Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.92%	3.70%	4.12%	4.44%	4.51%
Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.55%	3.39%	3.15%	3.03%	3.25%
Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.59%	4.71%	5.03%	5.19%	5.68%
Staten Island Orange-zone focus area % positive	5.24%	4.96%	4.98%	4.99%	4.83%
Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.75%	3.61%	3.54%	3.65%	3.71%
Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.81%	5.60%	3.00%	2.95%	2.52%
Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	5.41%	3.65%	3.52%	3.01%
Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.07%	7.89%	8.82%	8.78%	8.48%
Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.23%	3.39%	3.11%	2.98%	3.10%
Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.69%	3.69%	3.18%	3.45%	3.09%
Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.64%	4.15%	3.55%	3.78%	3.97%
Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.26%	5.69%	5.11%	5.24%	6.17%
Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.80%	4.85%	4.63%	4.34%	3.90%
Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.36%	7.15%	6.47%	6.73%	5.64%
Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.88%	10.22%	10.51%	9.86%	9.93%
Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.47%	8.27%	7.47%	7.40%	7.78%
Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.48%	4.11%	4.35%	4.32%	4.35%
Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.46%	5.68%	4.99%	4.99%	5.75%
Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive	9.34%	7.59%	7.71%	7.81%	8.15%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 3,056 (+74)
Patients Newly Admitted - 468
Hospital Counties - 55
Number ICU - 628 (+32)
Number ICU with Intubation - 286 (+9)
Total Discharges - 84,339 (+338)
Deaths - 67
Total Deaths - 26,549

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

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Capital Region	3.2%	2.4%	3.1%	2.37%
Central New York	3.4%	4.6%	3.8%	3.54%
Finger Lakes	3.4%	5.8%	6.1%	3.85%
Long Island	3.4%	4.0%	3.3%	3.33%
Mid-Hudson	4.0%	4.2%	4.1%	3.86%
Mohawk Valley	5.3%	5.0%	3.3%	3.28%
New York City	2.5%	2.7%	2.4%	2.50%
North Country	3.7%	3.3%	2.1%	2.13%
Southern Tier	0.8%	2.0%	2.1%	1.39%
Western New York	5.8%	6.6%	5.6%	5.46%

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

BOROUGH	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Bronx	3.6%	3.9%	3.5%	3.52%
Brooklyn	2.4%	2.5%	2.2%	2.32%
Manhattan	1.7%	1.5%	1.5%	1.60%
Queens	2.6%	3.0%	3.1%	2.80%
Staten Island	3.7%	4.6%	3.6%	3.93%

Of the 620,199 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	5,426	102
Allegany	930	23
Broome	5,143	89
Cattaraugus	997	41
Cayuga	794	11
Chautauqua	1,480	31
Chemung	2,872	103
Chenango	605	3
Clinton	443	9
Columbia	988	9
Cortland	957	6
Delaware	336	10
Dutchess	6,930	63
Erie	23,071	513
Essex	275	12
Franklin	255	10
Fulton	478	6
Genesee	890	45
Greene	661	6
Hamilton	42	1
Herkimer	631	15
Jefferson	487	16
Lewis	337	11
Livingston	655	13
Madison	878	17
Monroe	13,817	400
Montgomery	460	18
Nassau	58,567	582
Niagara	3,445	79
NYC	302,522	2,331
Oneida	4,515	105
Onondaga	10,024	239
Ontario	1,202	38
Orange	16,405	177
Orleans	598	13
Oswego	1,405	46
Otsego	587	14
Putnam	2,615	52
Rensselaer	1,625	38
Rockland	21,111	169
Saratoga	2,089	44
Schenectady	2,283	56
Schoharie	183	4
Schuyler	289	4
Seneca	269	2
St. Lawrence	743	20
Steuben	1,678	34
Suffolk	58,562	653
Sullivan	2,137	14
Tioga	1,080	14
Tompkins	1,000	29
Ulster	3,180	39
Warren	569	9
Washington	439	4
Wayne	1,052	40
Westchester	48,441	477
Wyoming	499	19
Yates	247	5

Yesterday, 67 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,549. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	2
Bronx	2
Broome	2
Cattaraugus	2
Cayuga	1
Chemung	1
Dutchess	1
Erie	15
Franklin	1
Genesee	1
Kings	2
Livingston	1
Manhattan	3
Monroe	7
Montgomery	1
Nassau	4
Niagara	1
Oneida	1
Onondaga	4
Queens	2
Rensselaer	1
Schenectady	1
Suffolk	6
Wayne	1
Westchester	4