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

4,600 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

931 Patients in the ICU; 583 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 3.01%

45 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.

"While New Yorkers have made incredible progress, we must remain vigilant in light of the variants that pose a threat to our progress," Governor Cuomo said. "Our vaccination rates increase every day, showing a monumental step in the right direction, but we should all continue to practice the actions we know stop the spread of COVID: wear a mask, social distance and wash your hands. We've made it this far remaining New York Tough and until the day this war is won, we must all continue to be strong, smart and disciplined."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 268,276
Total Positive - 8,081
Percent Positive - 3.01%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.37%
Patient Hospitalization - 4,600 (-41)
Patients Newly Admitted - 610
Hospital Counties - 48
Number ICU - 931 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 583 (-13)
Total Discharges - 158,748 (+575)
Deaths - 45
Total Deaths - 40,141

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	107	0.01%	32%
Central New York	39	0.01%	32%
Finger Lakes	119	0.01%	42%
Long Island	806	0.03%	33%
Mid-Hudson	549	0.02%	43%
Mohawk Valley	51	0.01%	39%
New York City	2,670	0.03%	31%
North Country	15	0.00%	57%
Southern Tier	76	0.01%	49%
Western New York	168	0.01%	39%
Statewide	4,600	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	238	196	21%
Central New York	262	176	31%
Finger Lakes	397	251	39%
Long Island	846	670	22%
Mid-Hudson	683	408	41%
Mohawk Valley	97	72	26%
New York City	2,596	2,025	22%
North Country	61	36	51%
Southern Tier	126	73	44%
Western New York	545	311	44%
Statewide	5,851	4,218	29%

Yesterday, 268,276 test results were reported to New York State, and 3.01 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	2.04%	2.13%	2.18%
Central New York	0.95%	0.93%	0.91%
Finger Lakes	1.80%	1.86%	1.89%
Long Island	4.37%	4.38%	4.41%
Mid-Hudson	4.69%	4.76%	4.74%
Mohawk Valley	1.86%	1.84%	1.73%
New York City	4.08%	4.14%	4.18%
North Country	1.52%	1.44%	1.31%
Southern Tier	0.65%	0.64%	0.64%
Western New York	2.48%	2.51%	2.78%
Statewide	3.33%	3.34%	3.37%

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	4.43%	4.51%	4.69%
Brooklyn	4.03%	4.33%	4.39%
Manhattan	2.51%	2.60%	2.86%
Queens	4.46%	4.81%	5.03%
Staten Island	4.29%	4.75%	4.84%

Of the 1,809,837 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	22,214	73
Allegany	2,995	6
Broome	16,295	41
Cattaraugus	4,699	16
Cayuga	5,557	12
Chautauqua	7,792	36
Chemung	6,705	29
Chenango	2,700	14
Clinton	4,061	6
Columbia	3,623	9
Cortland	3,363	7
Delaware	1,834	17
Dutchess	25,282	150
Erie	71,439	389
Essex	1,420	2
Franklin	2,270	8
Fulton	3,680	16
Genesee	4,709	24
Greene	2,896	12
Hamilton	292	1
Herkimer	4,727	3
Jefferson	5,153	18
Lewis	2,242	9
Livingston	3,756	12
Madison	4,029	12
Monroe	55,674	213
Montgomery	3,470	22
Nassau	163,785	701
Niagara	16,186	56
NYC	807,473	4,033
Oneida	20,604	35
Onondaga	33,805	69
Ontario	6,210	21
Orange	41,825	198
Orleans	2,559	4
Oswego	6,484	25
Otsego	2,787	12
Putnam	9,218	32
Rensselaer	9,777	38
Rockland	42,556	172
Saratoga	13,034	61
Schenectady	11,586	63
Schoharie	1,376	4
Schuyler	906	1
Seneca	1,768	8
St. Lawrence	5,865	8
Steuben	5,813	22
Suffolk	178,077	743
Sullivan	5,336	32
Tioga	3,055	15
Tompkins	3,777	20
Ulster	11,528	83
Warren	3,099	20
Washington	2,582	13
Wayne	4,742	19
Westchester	117,068	404
Wyoming	3,031	9
Yates	1,048	3

Yesterday, 45 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State - the lowest one-day death toll since November 27, 2020 - bringing the total to 40,141. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	10
Erie	2
Kings	5
Manhattan	5
Montgomery	1
Nassau	3
Oneida	1
Onondaga	1
Orange	1
Otsego	1
Queens	9
Richmond	1
Rockland	1
Suffolk	3
Westchester	1