Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Falls to 0.90% - Lowest Since September 21

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Has Declined for 49 Straight Days

929 New Positive Cases Reported - First Day Under 1,000 Since October 18

1,305 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide - Lowest Since November 4

303 Patients in the ICU - Lowest Since November 9

185 Intubated - Lowest Since November 16

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.09%

14 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier today, Governor Cuomo was on Long Island where he announced that the region's 7-day average positivity, 0.72%, is the lowest the region has seen since August 29, 2020.

"Our fight with COVID is not over. We are managing it, but it is not over," Governor Cuomo said. "The greatest tool we have against COVID is the vaccine. I want to encourage New Yorkers to get vaccinated so we can move forward toward a reimagined reopening and build our great state back better than ever."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 85,019
Total Positive - 929
Percent Positive - 1.09%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - .90%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,305 (-30)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -276
Patients Newly Admitted - 121
Number ICU - 303 (-12)
Number ICU with Intubation - 185 (-9)
Total Discharges - 181,231 (+140)
Deaths - 14
Total Deaths - 42,608

The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:

Region	Total ICU Bed in Region	Total Occupied ICU Beds in Region	Percent of ICU Beds Available in Region
Capital Region	234	177	24%
Central New York	225	174	23%
Finger Lakes	397	228	43%
Long Island	845	552	35%
Mid-Hudson	641	352	45%
Mohawk Valley	97	74	24%
New York City	2,469	1,758	29%
North Country	56	29	48%
Southern Tier	115	61	47%
Western New York	545	335	39%
Statewide	5,624	3,740	33%

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

Region	Friday, May 21, 2021	Saturday, May 22, 2021	Sunday, May 23, 2021
Capital Region	1.10%	1.08%	1.11%
Central New York	1.54%	1.55%	1.56%
Finger Lakes	2.44%	2.38%	2.34%
Long Island	0.79%	0.76%	0.72%
Mid-Hudson	0.84%	0.84%	0.78%
Mohawk Valley	0.99%	0.91%	0.92%
New York City	0.75%	0.71%	0.69%
North Country	1.46%	1.47%	1.45%
Southern Tier	0.63%	0.62%	0.64%
Western New York	1.59%	1.53%	1.49%
Statewide	0.95%	0.92%	0.90%

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

Borough in NYC	Friday, May 21, 2021	Saturday, May 22, 2021	Sunday, May 23, 2021
Bronx	0.77%	0.73%	0.74%
Kings	0.85%	0.85%	0.81%
New York	0.47%	0.44%	0.44%
Queens	0.80%	0.75%	0.71%
Richmond	0.93%	0.84%	0.83%

Of the 2,079,346 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,566	17
Allegany	3,506	3
Broome	18,492	10
Cattaraugus	5,671	3
Cayuga	6,281	6
Chautauqua	8,873	8
Chemung	7,637	4
Chenango	3,455	0
Clinton	4,824	3
Columbia	4,037	0
Cortland	3,833	2
Delaware	2,348	3
Dutchess	29,329	9
Erie	88,998	73
Essex	1,586	0
Franklin	2,530	0
Fulton	4,376	5
Genesee	5,404	0
Greene	3,386	3
Hamilton	313	0
Herkimer	5,144	3
Jefferson	6,033	6
Lewis	2,763	3
Livingston	4,470	8
Madison	4,517	4
Monroe	67,892	111
Montgomery	4,237	6
Nassau	182,902	43
Niagara	19,897	16
NYC	931,720	340
Oneida	22,384	8
Onondaga	38,458	40
Ontario	7,362	2
Orange	48,043	10
Orleans	3,093	3
Oswego	7,535	5
Otsego	3,430	8
Putnam	10,561	1
Rensselaer	11,170	6
Rockland	46,782	5
Saratoga	15,242	16
Schenectady	13,097	12
Schoharie	1,680	0
Schuyler	1,047	2
Seneca	1,995	1
St. Lawrence	6,584	7
Steuben	6,867	10
Suffolk	200,115	57
Sullivan	6,601	1
Tioga	3,760	3
Tompkins	4,300	1
Ulster	13,844	6
Warren	3,622	8
Washington	3,116	1
Wayne	5,728	5
Westchester	129,179	18
Wyoming	3,559	4
Yates	1,172	0

Yesterday, 14 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,608. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: