November 21, 2020
Albany, NY

Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State’s Progress During COVID-19 Pandemic

207,907 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday – New Record High

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.34 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.49 Percent

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.87 Percent

34 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. 207,907 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high.

“While we continue to see COVID-19 cases surge around the globe, our data-driven micro-cluster strategy – centered on a robust testing program – has helped New York maintain one of the nation’s lowest infection rates. However, we are in no way immune to the problems we are seeing elsewhere and we are entering a very dangerous period with the cold weather and holidays approaching,” Governor Cuomo said. “I understand the desire to come together with those you love and celebrate the holidays, but truly loving someone in 2020 unfortunately means you might not get to be together physically. Time and again, New Yorkers have put their toughness on display in order to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe – and we must continue doing that, as difficult as it may be. By making these tough decisions and practicing the safe behaviors we know help stop the spread, we will get through this as one unified, loving state.”

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.34 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.49 percent. Within the focus areas, 42,316 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,839 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas,165,591 test results were reported, yielding 4,133 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

STATEWIDE

11/1- 11/7 % Positive

11/8- 11/14 % Positive

Current 7-day rolling average

Day Prior (11/19) % Positive

Yesterday (11/20) % Positive

All focus area statewide % positive

3.44%

4.89%

4.55%

4.55%

4.34%

Statewide % positive with all focus areas included

1.95%

2.86%

2.91%

2.66%

2.87%

Statewide % positive without all focus areas included

1.81%

2.47%

2.46%

2.15%

2.49%

Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:

FOCUS ZONE

11/1- 11/7 % Positive

11/8- 11/14 % Positive

Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average

Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average

Current 7-day Rolling average

Erie orange-zone focus area % positive

4.53%

7.22%

7.21%

7.40%

7.25%

Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.64%

5.34%

6.08%

6.57%

7.58%

Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive

4.29%

5.10%

3.74%

4.40%

4.30%

Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.06%

5.54%

4.39%

4.12%

3.96%

Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.68%

6.58%

5.67%

6.01%

5.65%

Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.11%

3.40%

3.41%

3.39%

3.32%

Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.70%

3.81%

3.62%

3.41%

3.49%

Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive

2.79%

3.80%

4.50%

4.68%

4.72%

Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.33%

3.92%

3.59%

3.55%

3.72%

Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.46%

3.55%

3.69%

3.41%

3.30%

Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive

6.45%

4.59%

4.34%

4.76%

4.15%

Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.00%

4.33%

4.29%

4.08%

3.99%

Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive

10.03%

10.81%

6.44%

6.20%

5.90%

Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.95%

3.81%

4.54%

4.65%

4.94%

Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.96%

8.07%

8.04%

7.97%

7.93%

Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.16%

10.36%

8.59%

8.11%

7.70%

Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.00%

9.88%

10.90%

10.96%

10.37%

Westchester Tarrytown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.26%

8.47%

10.84%

9.82%

8.56%

Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.42%

4.48%

4.68%

4.63%

4.07%

Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.40%

6.46%

5.79%

6.66%

6.58%

Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive

7.46%

9.34%

7.96%

7.34%

7.09%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization – 2,443 (+95)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 381
  • Hospital Counties – 50
  • Number ICU – 467 (+22)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 212 (+7)
  • Total Discharges – 83,031 (+265)
  • Deaths - 34
  • Total Deaths – 26,326

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

REGION

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE

Capital Region

2.2%

1.9%

2.4%

2.36%

Central New York

3.3%

3.2%

3.5%

3.67%

Finger Lakes

2.9%

3.2%

3.8%

3.60%

Long Island

3.1%

2.9%

2.9%

3.11%

Mid-Hudson

3.9%

3.4%

3.7%

3.79%

Mohawk Valley

2.2%

2.3%

3.3%

2.49%

New York City

2.4%

2.4%

2.6%

2.54%

North Country

1.3%

1.6%

2.2%

1.79%

Southern Tier

1.4%

0.9%

1.2%

1.18%

Western New York

4.1%

4.1%

5.7%

4.99%

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

BOROUGH

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE

Bronx

2.7%

3.2%

3.9%

3.19%

Brooklyn

2.4%

2.2%

2.4%

2.27%

Manhattan

1.8%

1.7%

2.0%

1.87%

Queens

2.5%

2.7%

2.4%

2.79%

Staten Island

4.2%

3.5%

3.8%

3.90%

Of the 590,822 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

5,013

107

Allegany

807

49

Broome

4,792

104

Cattaraugus

842

33

Cayuga

698

17

Chautauqua

1,362

11

Chemung

2,571

53

Chenango

551

9

Clinton

412

6

Columbia

952

18

Cortland

870

31

Delaware

300

3

Dutchess

6,569

76

Erie

20,549

446

Essex

246

6

Franklin

229

9

Fulton

429

13

Genesee

736

41

Greene

622

18

Hamilton

36

1

Herkimer

564

12

Jefferson

407

31

Lewis

300

16

Livingston

577

28

Madison

795

19

Monroe

12,092

359

Montgomery

376

12

Nassau

56,278

403

Niagara

3,089

66

NYC

292,825

1,935

Oneida

4,038

142

Onondaga

8,948

213

Ontario

1,072

33

Orange

15,799

122

Orleans

554

4

Oswego

1,164

63

Otsego

505

8

Putnam

2,356

48

Rensselaer

1,494

45

Rockland

20,511

160

Saratoga

1,875

33

Schenectady

2,062

65

Schoharie

166

4

Schuyler

253

5

Seneca

240

8

St. Lawrence

658

9

Steuben

1,525

23

Suffolk

55,808

479

Sullivan

2,065

21

Tioga

1,013

15

Tompkins

876

28

Ulster

3,004

35

Warren

537

7

Washington

418

4

Wayne

901

43

Westchester

46,469

405

Wyoming

398

14

Yates

224

4

Yesterday, 34 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,326. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Allegany

1

Broome

1

Dutchess

1

Erie

9

Franklin

1

Kings

5

Livingston

1

Montgomery

1

Nassau

1

Oneida

1

Onondaga

4

Orange

1

Oswego

1

Queens

2

Rockland

1

Steuben

1

Ulster

1

Westchester

1

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Contact us by phone:

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

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