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

Statewide Travel for Sports and Recreational Activities Can Begin March 29

4,536 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

934 Patients in the ICU; 590 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.87%

57 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.

Beginning March 29, statewide travel for sports and recreational activities will be permitted. Currently, travel for sports and recreation is limited to contiguous counties and regions in accordance with New York State Department of Health guidance.

"Every day more and more New Yorkers are getting vaccinated, bringing us that much closer to the light at the end of the tunnel," Governor Cuomo said. "As we ramp up vaccine distribution and more New Yorkers become eligible, we are able to start getting our economy back on track and adjust to life in a post-pandemic world. We are headed in the right direction, but it is still crucial that we continue to practice the guidelines that stop the spread of COVID: wear a mask, social distance and wash your hands. This war can and will be won, but we must collectively work together to see that day."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 271,463
Total Positive - 7,796
Percent Positive - 2.87%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.28%
Patient Hospitalization - 4,536 (-88)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -199
Patients Newly Admitted - 532
Hospital Counties - 50
Number ICU - 934 (-20)
Number ICU with Intubation - 590 (-11)
Total Discharges - 155,325 (+545)
Deaths - 57
Total Deaths - 39,748

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%	32%
Central New York	40	0.01%	32%
Finger Lakes	134	0.01%	42%
Long Island	812	0.03%	33%
Mid-Hudson	499	0.02%	44%
Mohawk Valley	63	0.01%	41%
New York City	2,646	0.03%	31%
North Country	27	0.01%	56%
Southern Tier	74	0.01%	52%
Western New York	151	0.01%	37%
Statewide	4,536	0.02%	36%

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	237	189	17%
Central New York	262	186	34%
Finger Lakes	397	239	37%
Long Island	852	653	23%
Mid-Hudson	679	397	42%
Mohawk Valley	97	73	29%
New York City	2,593	2,079	22%
North Country	58	27	52%
Southern Tier	126	64	50%
Western New York	545	322	42%
Statewide	5,846	4,229	29%

Yesterday, 271,463 test results were reported to New York State, and 2.87 percent were positive. 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	1.75%	1.77%	1.85%
Central New York	0.84%	0.88%	0.91%
Finger Lakes	1.66%	1.66%	1.72%
Long Island	4.53%	4.50%	4.49%
Mid-Hudson	4.65%	4.67%	4.66%
Mohawk Valley	1.46%	1.50%	1.61%
New York City	4.21%	4.18%	4.15%
North Country	1.39%	1.50%	1.53%
Southern Tier	0.62%	0.60%	0.63%
Western New York	1.88%	1.99%	1.92%
Statewide	3.24%	3.28%	3.28%

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	4.55%	5.15%	4.90%
Brooklyn	4.31%	4.86%	4.40%
Manhattan	2.60%	2.87%	2.87%
Queens	4.73%	5.22%	4.94%
Staten Island	4.69%	5.21%	4.79%

Of the 1,757,493 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	21,806	70
Allegany	2,970	5
Broome	15,987	49
Cattaraugus	4,623	16
Cayuga	5,504	7
Chautauqua	7,635	37
Chemung	6,590	17
Chenango	2,609	11
Clinton	3,950	14
Columbia	3,544	12
Cortland	3,321	6
Delaware	1,737	16
Dutchess	24,282	126
Erie	69,273	309
Essex	1,404	4
Franklin	2,231	6
Fulton	3,578	22
Genesee	4,624	27
Greene	2,806	10
Hamilton	290	0
Herkimer	4,674	8
Jefferson	5,063	13
Lewis	2,181	14
Livingston	3,695	10
Madison	3,967	11
Monroe	54,671	202
Montgomery	3,362	12
Nassau	159,401	632
Niagara	15,907	35
NYC	780,038	4,048
Oneida	20,338	32
Onondaga	33,385	73
Ontario	6,075	21
Orange	40,277	247
Orleans	2,520	5
Oswego	6,328	23
Otsego	2,670	20
Putnam	8,928	37
Rensselaer	9,570	39
Rockland	41,546	187
Saratoga	12,664	53
Schenectady	11,322	27
Schoharie	1,323	11
Schuyler	893	4
Seneca	1,727	12
St. Lawrence	5,831	7
Steuben	5,709	11
Suffolk	173,321	651
Sullivan	5,114	22
Tioga	2,982	17
Tompkins	3,680	24
Ulster	10,973	80
Warren	3,017	14
Washington	2,501	8
Wayne	4,658	11
Westchester	114,402	403
Wyoming	2,976	7
Yates	1,040	1

Yesterday, 57 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 39,748. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	12
Erie	1
Kings	10
Lewis	1
Manhattan	4
Monroe	2
Montgomery	1
Nassau	2
Oneida	1
Queens	7
Richmond	2
Rockland	1
Suffolk	9
Westchester	4