Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Has Declined 50 Consecutive Days, Falls To 0.89%

1,357 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

307 Patients in the ICU; 181 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.00%

16 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.

"The hard work of New Yorkers combined with the vaccine have helped us prevent the spread of COVID and keep our state's numbers trending in the right direction," Governor Cuomo said. "While we are containing the COVID beast, our fight is not over. I want to encourage all New Yorkers to take advantage of our greatest tool against COVID - the vaccine."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 76,551
Total Positive - 767
Percent Positive - 1.00%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.89%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,357 (+52)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -228
Patients Newly Admitted - 142
Number ICU - 307 (+4)
Number ICU with Intubation - 181 (-4)
Total Discharges - 181,319 (+88)
Deaths - 16
Total Deaths - 42,624

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	243	193	21%
Central New York	225	176	22%
Finger Lakes	397	234	41%
Long Island	845	540	36%
Mid-Hudson	643	361	44%
Mohawk Valley	97	76	22%
New York City	2,430	1,783	27%
North Country	54	30	44%
Southern Tier	115	63	45%
Western New York	545	337	38%
Statewide	5,594	3,793	32%

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

Region	Saturday, May 22, 2021	Sunday, May 23, 2021	Monday, May 24, 2021
Capital Region	1.08%	1.11%	1.15%
Central New York	1.55%	1.56%	1.52%
Finger Lakes	2.38%	2.34%	2.33%
Long Island	0.76%	0.72%	0.72%
Mid-Hudson	0.84%	0.78%	0.79%
Mohawk Valley	0.91%	0.92%	0.99%
New York City	0.71%	0.69%	0.68%
North Country	1.47%	1.45%	1.39%
Southern Tier	0.62%	0.64%	0.62%
Western New York	1.53%	1.49%	1.51%
Statewide	0.92%	0.90%	0.89%

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	Saturday, May 22, 2021	Sunday, May 23, 2021	Monday, May 24, 2021
Bronx	0.73%	0.74%	0.70%
Kings	0.85%	0.81%	0.81%
New York	0.44%	0.44%	0.42%
Queens	0.75%	0.71%	0.69%
Richmond	0.84%	0.83%	0.84%

Of the 2,080,113 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,583	17
Allegany	3,511	5
Broome	18,499	7
Cattaraugus	5,672	1
Cayuga	6,282	1
Chautauqua	8,888	15
Chemung	7,641	4
Chenango	3,456	1
Clinton	4,824	0
Columbia	4,038	1
Cortland	3,839	6
Delaware	2,348	0
Dutchess	29,338	9
Erie	89,031	33
Essex	1,587	1
Franklin	2,530	0
Fulton	4,379	3
Genesee	5,407	3
Greene	3,386	0
Hamilton	313	0
Herkimer	5,148	4
Jefferson	6,041	8
Lewis	2,767	4
Livingston	4,473	3
Madison	4,519	2
Monroe	67,967	75
Montgomery	4,240	3
Nassau	182,945	43
Niagara	19,910	13
NYC	932,008	288
Oneida	22,393	9
Onondaga	38,475	17
Ontario	7,365	3
Orange	48,061	18
Orleans	3,093	0
Oswego	7,546	11
Otsego	3,433	3
Putnam	10,564	3
Rensselaer	11,174	4
Rockland	46,793	11
Saratoga	15,250	8
Schenectady	13,112	15
Schoharie	1,682	2
Schuyler	1,048	1
Seneca	1,996	1
St. Lawrence	6,591	7
Steuben	6,871	4
Suffolk	200,163	48
Sullivan	6,606	5
Tioga	3,762	2
Tompkins	4,300	0
Ulster	13,851	7
Warren	3,623	1
Washington	3,117	1
Wayne	5,732	4
Westchester	129,207	28
Wyoming	3,561	2
Yates	1,174	2

Yesterday, 16 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,624. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: