April 24, 2021
Albany, NY

Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops Below 2 Percent to the Lowest Rate Since November 3

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.79%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 2.27%—Lowest Since November 9

Hospitalizations Drop to 3,294—Lowest Since November 27; Hospitalizations Down 540 in Past Week

767 Patients in the ICU; 482 Intubated

40 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced New York's statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.79 percent, the lowest since November 3.

Yesterday, Western New York's positivity rate was 2.84 percent, below 3 percent for the first time since March 27. The region's 7-day average positivity rate fell to 3.75 percent - every region's 7-day average positivity rate is below 4 percent for the first time since November 8, 2020.

"It's critical we continue practicing safe behaviors even as vaccinations climb, and while I know some may feel COVID fatigue setting in, we have to keep doing what we can to keep each other safe," Governor Cuomo said. "While the state continues to expand access to the vaccine, it's on all of us to wash our hands, wear masks and stay socially distanced to keep our momentum heading in the right direction. We're going to reach the light at the end of the tunnel and defeat the COVID beast, but we have a lot of work to do before we get there."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 233,067
  • Total Positive - 4,164
  • Percent Positive - 1.79%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.27%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 3,294 (-93)
  • Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -540
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 394
  • Hospital Counties - 52
  • Number ICU - 767 (-19)
  • Number ICU with Intubation - 482 (-1)
  • Total Discharges - 173,311 (+438)
  • Deaths - 40
  • Total Deaths - 41,757

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

90

0.01%

29%

Central New York

67

0.01%

30%

Finger Lakes

210

0.02%

39%

Long Island

493

0.02%

34%

Mid-Hudson

341

0.01%

45%

Mohawk Valley

48

0.01%

40%

New York City

1598

0.02%

31%

North Country

23

0.01%

55%

Southern Tier

90

0.01%

48%

Western New York

334

0.02%

32%

Statewide

3294

0.02%

35%

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

202

17%

Central New York

262

181

28%

Finger Lakes

397

221

41%

Long Island

852

631

26%

Mid-Hudson

679

398

42%

Mohawk Valley

113

97

17%

New York City

2,568

1,970

22%

North Country

57

35

40%

Southern Tier

127

66

46%

Western New York

545

373

34%

Statewide

5,841

4,174

28%

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

REGION

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Capital Region

2.06%

1.94%

1.73%

Central New York

1.43%

1.51%

1.34%

Finger Lakes

2.89%

2.99%

2.72%

Long Island

2.76%

2.58%

2.42%

Mid-Hudson

2.94%

2.75%

2.61%

Mohawk Valley

1.54%

1.50%

1.41%

New York City

2.76%

2.57%

2.42%

North Country

1.44%

1.44%

1.35%

Southern Tier

0.85%

0.86%

0.83%

Western New York

4.30%

4.29%

3.75%

Statewide

2.57%

2.45%

2.27%

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

BOROUGH

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Bronx

2.82%

2.59%

2.51%

Brooklyn

3.08%

2.97%

2.86%

Manhattan

1.81%

1.64%

1.44%

Queens

3.09%

2.91%

2.76%

Staten Island

3.47%

3.33%

3.38%

Of the 2,011,577 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

23,952

38

Allegany

3,240

9

Broome

17,720

60

Cattaraugus

5,260

16

Cayuga

5,957

7

Chautauqua

8,515

11

Chemung

7,266

21

Chenango

3,202

19

Clinton

4,633

22

Columbia

3,862

5

Cortland

3,597

9

Delaware

2,228

15

Dutchess

28,333

66

Erie

84,625

272

Essex

1,511

0

Franklin

2,425

2

Fulton

4,164

12

Genesee

5,143

12

Greene

3,198

9

Hamilton

302

1

Herkimer

4,958

4

Jefferson

5,537

6

Lewis

2,499

5

Livingston

4,076

14

Madison

4,345

9

Monroe

62,455

184

Montgomery

3,965

15

Nassau

179,117

283

Niagara

18,710

68

NYC

904,339

1,872

Oneida

21,655

22

Onondaga

36,536

64

Ontario

6,992

19

Orange

46,734

112

Orleans

2,847

13

Oswego

7,090

20

Otsego

3,257

11

Putnam

10,344

28

Rensselaer

10,811

9

Rockland

46,049

48

Saratoga

14,611

26

Schenectady

12,553

22

Schoharie

1,581

2

Schuyler

1,001

4

Seneca

1,903

1

St. Lawrence

6,279

6

Steuben

6,417

16

Suffolk

195,534

325

Sullivan

6,295

31

Tioga

3,499

19

Tompkins

4,109

13

Ulster

13,287

36

Warren

3,449

11

Washington

2,915

15

Wayne

5,359

15

Westchester

126,896

190

Wyoming

3,326

19

Yates

1,114

1

Yesterday, 40 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 41,757. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Bronx

3

Broome

1

Erie

4

Kings

11

Madison

1

Manhattan

3

Monroe

2

Montgomery

1

Niagara

1

Oneida

1

Queens

7

Richmond

2

Suffolk

2

Ulster

1

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Albany: (518) 474-8418
New York City: (212) 681-4640

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