Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide 7-Day Average COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops Below 1 Percent for First Time Since September 26

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 0.99%; 46 Straight Days of Decline

Hospitalizations Drop to 1,444 — Lowest Since November 8

ICU Patients Drop to 330 — Lowest Since November 11

Intubations Drop to 204 — Lowest Since November 18

Statewide Positivity Rate is 0.86%

15 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide 7-day average COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 0.99 percent yesterday, dropping below 1 percent for the first time since September 26.

"COVID-19 is on the run in New York State as we get more shots in arms, put people back to work and reopen our economy. We couldn't have made this progress without the discipline and fortitude of New Yorkers, and it's important to maintain the momentum until we defeat this virus for good," Governor Cuomo said. "We've lifted many of the restrictions put in place to protect the public health and adopted the new CDC guidelines, and our vaccination efforts continue throughout the state. Vaccination is the key to crushing COVID, and New Yorkers who haven't gotten the vaccine yet should make appointments or walk into a vaccination site today."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 179,556
Total Positive - 1,540
Percent Positive - 0.86%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.99%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,444 (-46)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -323
Patients Newly Admitted - 181
Number ICU - 330 (-9)
Number ICU with Intubation - 204 (-4)
Total Discharges - 180,703 (194)
Deaths - 15
Total Deaths - 42,558

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	61	0.01%	39%
Central New York	40	0.01%	43%
Finger Lakes	181	0.02%	48%
Long Island	214	0.01%	48%
Mid-Hudson	120	0.01%	55%
Mohawk Valley	29	0.01%	49%
New York City	590	0.01%	45%
North Country	18	0.00%	64%
Southern Tier	49	0.01%	59%
Western New York	142	0.01%	45%
Statewide	1444	0.01%	47%

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	241	201	17%
Central New York	225	175	22%
Finger Lakes	397	233	41%
Long Island	851	591	31%
Mid-Hudson	645	376	42%
Mohawk Valley	97	76	22%
New York City	2,480	1835	26%
North Country	59	38	36%
Southern Tier	115	66	43%
Western New York	543	336	38%
Statewide	5,653	3927	31%

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	1.16%	1.13%	1.13%
Central New York	1.43%	1.49%	1.51%
Finger Lakes	2.55%	2.52%	2.46%
Long Island	0.91%	0.89%	0.84%
Mid-Hudson	0.93%	0.91%	0.89%
Mohawk Valley	1.00%	0.99%	1.00%
New York City	0.86%	0.81%	0.78%
North Country	1.98%	1.75%	1.72%
Southern Tier	0.64%	0.61%	0.63%
Western New York	1.71%	1.66%	1.65%
Statewide	1.06%	1.02%	0.99%

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	0.86%	0.84%	0.79%
Brooklyn	0.98%	0.88%	0.88%
Manhattan	0.52%	0.52%	0.49%
Queens	0.94%	0.88%	0.85%
Staten Island	1.20%	1.14%	1.03%

Of the 2,075,997 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,516	23
Allegany	3,486	7
Broome	18,456	27
Cattaraugus	5,665	12
Cayuga	6,265	10
Chautauqua	8,849	10
Chemung	7,611	11
Chenango	3,446	9
Clinton	4,817	2
Columbia	4,032	1
Cortland	3,816	9
Delaware	2,337	3
Dutchess	29,289	14
Erie	88,807	81
Essex	1,581	0
Franklin	2,523	4
Fulton	4,365	5
Genesee	5,391	6
Greene	3,381	3
Hamilton	313	0
Herkimer	5,130	3
Jefferson	6,008	8
Lewis	2,755	8
Livingston	4,447	15
Madison	4,502	5
Monroe	67,555	146
Montgomery	4,226	5
Nassau	182,739	83
Niagara	19,837	35
NYC	930,446	573
Oneida	22,353	26
Onondaga	38,339	52
Ontario	7,344	6
Orange	47,984	18
Orleans	3,079	3
Oswego	7,500	16
Otsego	3,414	4
Putnam	10,553	0
Rensselaer	11,156	8
Rockland	46,747	16
Saratoga	15,205	18
Schenectady	13,064	23
Schoharie	1,679	8
Schuyler	1,039	4
Seneca	1,992	2
St. Lawrence	6,564	13
Steuben	6,839	12
Suffolk	199,904	80
Sullivan	6,576	2
Tioga	3,747	12
Tompkins	4,289	6
Ulster	13,821	8
Warren	3,608	6
Washington	3,106	2
Wayne	5,711	10
Westchester	129,080	62
Wyoming	3,541	5
Yates	1,172	0

Yesterday, 15 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,558. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: