Governor Cuomo Announces New York State Has Second-Lowest COVID-19 Positivity Rate of Any State in the Country, Per Johns Hopkins University

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that, per Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center, New York State has the second-lowest COVID-19 positivity rate of any state in the country. Full rankings are below.

Johns Hopkins University State Positivity Chart
10/28/2020
RANK	STATE	POSITIVITY
1	Mississippi	100%*
2	South Dakota	43.44%
3	Idaho	34.81%
4	Wyoming	31.61%
5	Wisconsin	27.96%
6	Iowa	26.36%
7	Alabama	25.17%
8	Nebraska	21.78%
9	Kansas	20.73%
10	Nevada	18.91%
11	Utah	18.17%
12	Montana	14.47%
13	Pennsylvania	12.07%
14	North Dakota	10.90%
15	Arkansas	10.11%
16	Tennessee	9.61%
17	Arizona	9.29%
18	Texas	9.29%
19	Missouri	9.23%
20	Oklahoma	9.09%
21	Kentucky	8.83%
22	New Mexico	8.30%
23	Indiana	7.84%
24	Alaska	7.66%
25	Georgia	7.44%
26	Delaware	7.44%
27	North Carolina	6.91%
28	Minnesota	6.86%
29	Colorado	6.60%
30	Illinois	6.57%
31	Oregon	6.41%
32	Virginia	5.82%
33	South Carolina	5.66%
34	Ohio	5.64%
35	Michigan	5.31%
36	Florida	4.96%
37	Louisiana	4.64%
38	West Virginia	4.21%
39	Washington	3.77%
40	New Jersey	3.66%
41	California	3.21%
42	Rhode Island	3.03%
43	Maryland	2.64%
44	Connecticut	2.51%
45	Vermont	2.39%
46	Hawaii	2.23%
47	District of Columbia	1.60%
48	Massachusetts	1.59%
49	New Hampshire	1.50%
50	New York	1.39%
51	Maine	0.77%

*For details on methodology, please visit the Johns Hopkins University website, as not all states report all test results. Positivity is based on a 7-day rolling average.