June 20, 2021
Albany, NY

Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide Positivity Drops Below 0.30% for First Time Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity is 0.38%—Record Low for 23 Consecutive Days, Has Declined for 76 Consecutive Days

60,498 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours—Vaccination Rate is 70.9

Hospitalizations Drop Below 500 for First Time since September 22

4 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday—Lowest since September 28

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

"New Yorkers have done an incredible job beating back the virus and thanks to their determination, we have been able to begin getting back to normal," Governor Cuomo said. "However, make no mistake, we are not out of the woods yet and in order to protect the progress we have made, we must build on it. Every shot in the arm brings us a step closer to defeating COVID once and for all and that's why it's so critical for everyone to get vaccinated. There are no more excuses, so if you haven't gotten your shot yet, please do the responsible thing and get yours today."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 88,294
  • Total Positive - 258
  • Percent Positive - 0.29%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.39%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 491 (-41)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 51
  • Patients in ICU - 118 (-8)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 72 (-1)
  • Total Discharges - 184,212 (+83)
  • Deaths - 4
  • Total Deaths - 42,918
  • Total vaccine doses administered - 20,574,625
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 60,498
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 512,754
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 68.3%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 61.8%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 70.9%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 63.0%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 56.6%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 50.8%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 58.8%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 51.8%

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

Region

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Friday, June 18, 2021

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Capital Region

0.36%

0.44%

0.44%

Central New York

0.54%

0.51%

0.47%

Finger Lakes

0.58%

0.59%

0.54%

Long Island

0.43%

0.42%

0.41%

Mid-Hudson

0.34%

0.35%

0.33%

Mohawk Valley

0.42%

0.42%

0.40%

New York City

0.36%

0.36%

0.36%

North Country

0.60%

0.66%

0.67%

Southern Tier

0.44%

0.42%

0.41%

Western New York

0.31%

0.28%

0.27%

Statewide

0.39%

0.39%

0.38%

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

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Friday, June 18, 2021

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Bronx

0.44%

0.43%

0.44%

Kings

0.32%

0.30%

0.32%

New York

0.31%

0.31%

0.30%

Queens

0.34%

0.38%

0.36%

Richmond

0.51%

0.52%

0.56%

Yesterday, 258 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,094,412. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

24,716

4

Allegany

3,559

0

Broome

18,636

3

Cattaraugus

5,723

0

Cayuga

6,338

0

Chautauqua

8,958

0

Chemung

7,774

0

Chenango

3,504

0

Clinton

4,839

1

Columbia

4,068

0

Cortland

3,929

0

Delaware

2,385

0

Dutchess

29,485

2

Erie

89,607

3

Essex

1,593

0

Franklin

2,563

0

Fulton

4,423

0

Genesee

5,437

0

Greene

3,405

0

Hamilton

313

0

Herkimer

5,194

1

Jefferson

6,155

0

Lewis

2,811

0

Livingston

4,524

0

Madison

4,565

0

Monroe

69,063

9

Montgomery

4,254

0

Nassau

183,768

15

Niagara

20,047

2

NYC

938,294

150

Oneida

22,639

2

Onondaga

38,976

6

Ontario

7,408

0

Orange

48,345

8

Orleans

3,121

0

Oswego

7,627

0

Otsego

3,464

1

Putnam

10,622

0

Rensselaer

11,238

3

Rockland

46,969

4

Saratoga

15,391

2

Schenectady

13,208

1

Schoharie

1,693

0

Schuyler

1,080

0

Seneca

2,011

0

St. Lawrence

6,649

3

Steuben

6,960

3

Suffolk

201,193

25

Sullivan

6,681

2

Tioga

3,834

0

Tompkins

4,350

0

Ulster

13,916

0

Warren

3,665

4

Washington

3,163

1

Wayne

5,785

0

Westchester

129,731

3

Wyoming

3,584

0

Yates

1,179

0

Yesterday, 4 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 42,918. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County

New Deaths

Bronx

1

Manhattan

1

Monroe

1

Nassau

1

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis. People who would prefer to schedule an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

Yesterday, 23,768 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 39,896 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

People with at least one vaccine dose

People with complete vaccine series

Region

Cumulative Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Cumulative Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Capital Region

659,500

749

604,690

1,773

Central New York

522,876

710

481,110

1,384

Finger Lakes

669,055

963

617,495

1,864

Long Island

1,485,381

3,278

1,325,786

6,361

Mid-Hudson

1,203,312

2,233

1,072,386

4,073

Mohawk Valley

257,936

364

237,210

717

New York City

5,212,899

13,569

4,603,633

19,478

North Country

235,453

231

218,356

821

Southern Tier

342,286

610

315,208

990

Western New York

723,667

1,061

648,597

2,435

Statewide

11,312,365

23,768

10,124,471

39,896

The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state's vaccination effort. New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally-reported data, which is inclusive of federally-administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above.

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

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