1.25 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive
10 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Confirms 875 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 394,954; New Cases in 41 Counties
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.
"As we are seeing in other states, America's COVID-19 crisis is far from over and in New York we continue to closely monitor the data and consult leading global experts on a daily basis to keep New Yorkers safe and be smart about our reopening," Governor Cuomo said. "Yesterday, New York's hospitalizations and rate of positive COVID-19 tests remained at low levels, meaning that our NY SMART approach is working. It is imperative going into this holiday weekend that all New Yorkers remain vigilant and follow state guidance, and local governments must enforce the precautionary measures the state has put in place to keep this virus under control."
Today's data is summarized briefly below:
- Patient Hospitalization - 878 (-1)
- Patients Newly Admitted - 96 (+25)
- Hospital Counties - 29
- Number ICU - 209 (-17)
- Number ICU that are intubated - 129 (-10)
- Total Discharges - 70,698 (+108)
- Deaths - 10
- Total Deaths - 24,877
Of the 69,945 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 875, or 1.25 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:
|
REGION |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
|
New York City |
1.00% |
1.10% |
1.30% |
|
Capital Region |
0.30% |
1.00% |
1.20% |
|
Central New York |
1.40% |
1.40% |
1.60% |
|
Finger Lakes |
1.00% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
|
Long Island |
1.10% |
1.10% |
1.10% |
|
Hudson Valley |
1.00% |
0.80% |
1.10% |
|
Mohawk Valley |
0.90% |
1.40% |
2.10% |
|
North Country |
0.00% |
0.40% |
0.40% |
|
Southern Tier |
0.40% |
0.70% |
0.50% |
|
Western New York |
1.30% |
1.30% |
1.00% |
The Governor also confirmed 875 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 394,954 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 394,954 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
|
County |
Total Positive |
New Positive |
|
Albany |
2,125 |
13 |
|
Allegany |
62 |
1 |
|
Broome |
729 |
7 |
|
Cattaraugus |
124 |
1 |
|
Cayuga |
119 |
0 |
|
Chautauqua |
127 |
0 |
|
Chemung |
144 |
0 |
|
Chenango |
148 |
2 |
|
Clinton |
101 |
0 |
|
Columbia |
472 |
6 |
|
Cortland |
47 |
0 |
|
Delaware |
91 |
0 |
|
Dutchess |
4,225 |
12 |
|
Erie |
7,370 |
33 |
|
Essex |
42 |
0 |
|
Franklin |
32 |
1 |
|
Fulton |
260 |
3 |
|
Genesee |
238 |
0 |
|
Greene |
260 |
0 |
|
Hamilton |
6 |
0 |
|
Herkimer |
164 |
2 |
|
Jefferson |
90 |
2 |
|
Lewis |
30 |
0 |
|
Livingston |
130 |
0 |
|
Madison |
359 |
2 |
|
Monroe |
3,833 |
53 |
|
Montgomery |
119 |
1 |
|
Nassau |
41,910 |
57 |
|
Niagara |
1,248 |
11 |
|
NYC |
215,902 |
427 |
|
Oneida |
1,672 |
30 |
|
Onondaga |
2,897 |
34 |
|
Ontario |
268 |
3 |
|
Orange |
10,744 |
14 |
|
Orleans |
282 |
1 |
|
Oswego |
206 |
5 |
|
Otsego |
84 |
0 |
|
Putnam |
1,332 |
3 |
|
Rensselaer |
556 |
1 |
|
Rockland |
13,612 |
10 |
|
Saratoga |
555 |
5 |
|
Schenectady |
816 |
11 |
|
Schoharie |
58 |
0 |
|
Schuyler |
13 |
0 |
|
Seneca |
70 |
0 |
|
St. Lawrence |
220 |
1 |
|
Steuben |
268 |
0 |
|
Suffolk |
41,491 |
64 |
|
Sullivan |
1,453 |
1 |
|
Tioga |
143 |
0 |
|
Tompkins |
178 |
1 |
|
Ulster |
1790 |
8 |
|
Warren |
264 |
1 |
|
Washington |
246 |
0 |
|
Wayne |
176 |
2 |
|
Westchester |
34,912 |
46 |
|
Wyoming |
95 |
0 |
|
Yates |
46 |
0 |
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