Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops below 1 Percent to Lowest Level since September 11

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 0.85%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 1.02%—Lowest Since September 26; 45 Straight Days of Decline

Hospitalizations Drop to 1,490—Lowest Since November 8

7-Day Average Hospitalizations Drop to 1,602—Lowest Since November 12; 49 Straight Days of Decline

ICU Patients Drop to 339—Lowest Since November 12

Intubations Drop to 208—Lowest Since November 19

18 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 0.85 percent, the lowest since September 11.

"New York State is open--we relaxed all the rules, including the CDC guidance, and life is resuming," Governor Cuomo said. "If you look at where we are today, the numbers are really promising — our overall positivity rate is a fraction of what it is nationwide and more than half of New Yorkers are now fully vaccinated. But COVID is still not over and what we do today determines what will happen tomorrow, so I encourage New Yorkers to continue practicing all necessary safety precautions and most importantly, get vaccinated if you haven't done so already."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 186,078
Total Positive - 1,583
Percent Positive - 0.85%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.02%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,490 (-31)
7-Day Average Patient Hospitalization - 1,602
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -362
Patients Newly Admitted - 205
Number ICU - 339 (-23)
Number ICU with Intubation - 208 (-1)
Total Discharges - 180,509 (+209)
Deaths - 18
Total Deaths - 42,542

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	64	0.01%	29%
Central New York	40	0.01%	33%
Finger Lakes	193	0.02%	40%
Long Island	224	0.01%	39%
Mid-Hudson	124	0.01%	48%
Mohawk Valley	28	0.01%	41%
New York City	604	0.01%	36%
North Country	15	0.00%	58%
Southern Tier	51	0.01%	52%
Western New York	147	0.01%	36%
Statewide	1490	0.01%	38%

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	206	15%
Central New York	233	188	19%
Finger Lakes	397	229	42%
Long Island	847	608	28%
Mid-Hudson	646	383	41%
Mohawk Valley	97	75	23%
New York City	2,483	1822	27%
North Country	61	40	34%
Southern Tier	115	65	43%
Western New York	543	344	37%
Statewide	5,663	3960	30%

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

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.26%	1.16%	1.13%
Central New York	1.38%	1.43%	1.49%
Finger Lakes	2.58%	2.55%	2.52%
Long Island	0.94%	0.91%	0.89%
Mid-Hudson	0.93%	0.93%	0.91%
Mohawk Valley	1.07%	1.00%	0.99%
New York City	0.88%	0.86%	0.81%
North Country	1.92%	1.98%	1.75%
Southern Tier	0.62%	0.64%	0.61%
Western New York	1.74%	1.71%	1.66%
Statewide	1.07%	1.06%	1.02%

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

BOROUGH	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Bronx	0.92%	0.86%	0.84%
Brooklyn	0.96%	0.98%	0.88%
Manhattan	0.56%	0.52%	0.52%
Queens	0.98%	0.94%	0.88%
Staten Island	1.13%	1.20%	1.14%

Of the 2,074,457 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,493	13
Allegany	3,479	15
Broome	18,429	23
Cattaraugus	5,653	10
Cayuga	6,255	9
Chautauqua	8,839	5
Chemung	7,600	13
Chenango	3,437	5
Clinton	4,815	0
Columbia	4,031	5
Cortland	3,807	12
Delaware	2,334	2
Dutchess	29,275	26
Erie	88,726	88
Essex	1,581	0
Franklin	2,519	1
Fulton	4,360	7
Genesee	5,385	7
Greene	3,378	1
Hamilton	313	1
Herkimer	5,127	6
Jefferson	6,000	16
Lewis	2,747	11
Livingston	4,432	13
Madison	4,497	3
Monroe	67,409	179
Montgomery	4,221	4
Nassau	182,656	91
Niagara	19,802	36
NYC	929,873	570
Oneida	22,327	12
Onondaga	38,287	57
Ontario	7,338	8
Orange	47,966	25
Orleans	3,076	5
Oswego	7,484	4
Otsego	3,410	3
Putnam	10,553	5
Rensselaer	11,148	9
Rockland	46,731	16
Saratoga	15,187	22
Schenectady	13,041	12
Schoharie	1,671	1
Schuyler	1,035	0
Seneca	1,990	2
St. Lawrence	6,551	12
Steuben	6,827	13
Suffolk	199,824	85
Sullivan	6,574	10
Tioga	3,735	9
Tompkins	4,283	9
Ulster	13,813	12
Warren	3,602	3
Washington	3,104	3
Wayne	5,701	16
Westchester	129,018	51
Wyoming	3,536	7
Yates	1,172	0

Yesterday, 18 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,542. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: