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

4,526 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

950 Patients in the ICU; 593 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 3.25%

59 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.

"The war against COVID is not yet won and I encourage all New Yorkers to continue practicing the guidelines we know stop COVID in its tracks: wearing a mask, washing your hands and social distancing," Governor Cuomo said. "Our vaccine rates are a testament to what can be accomplished when we work together toward a common goal. We must all fight against complacency and do our best to keep each other and ourselves safe. To be New York Tough means to be united and loving and in that same spirit, let's protect our neighbors and communities by following the health guidance."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 221,674
Total Positive - 7,213
Percent Positive - 3.25%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.48%
Patient Hospitalization - 4,526 (-7)
Patients Newly Admitted - 616
Hospital Counties - 53
Number ICU - 950 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 593 (+2)
Total Discharges - 165,404 (+566)
Deaths - 59
Total Deaths - 40,922

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	101	0.01%	33%
Central New York	57	0.01%	35%
Finger Lakes	177	0.01%	42%
Long Island	796	0.03%	35%
Mid-Hudson	514	0.02%	45%
Mohawk Valley	59	0.01%	40%
New York City	2,466	0.03%	33%
North Country	23	0.01%	57%
Southern Tier	76	0.01%	51%
Western New York	257	0.02%	39%
Statewide	4,526	0.02%	37%

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	191	18%
Central New York	262	177	34%
Finger Lakes	397	240	41%
Long Island	852	646	24%
Mid-Hudson	674	384	43%
Mohawk Valley	97	74	23%
New York City	2,577	1,996	24%
North Country	59	32	46%
Southern Tier	126	64	44%
Western New York	545	337	39%
Statewide	5,826	4,141	30%

Yesterday, 221,674 test results were reported to New York State, and 3.25 percent were positive. Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Capital Region	2.37%	2.27%	2.25%
Central New York	1.36%	1.32%	1.45%
Finger Lakes	2.65%	2.58%	2.69%
Long Island	4.37%	4.34%	4.27%
Mid-Hudson	4.63%	4.63%	4.34%
Mohawk Valley	1.64%	1.61%	1.61%
New York City	4.22%	4.24%	4.11%
North Country	1.64%	1.68%	1.79%
Southern Tier	0.76%	0.77%	0.72%
Western New York	4.72%	4.56%	4.72%
Statewide	3.57%	3.57%	3.48%

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

BOROUGH	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Bronx	4.45%	4.31%	4.48%
Brooklyn	4.26%	4.34%	4.52%
Manhattan	2.66%	2.52%	2.62%
Queens	4.79%	4.66%	4.71%
Staten Island	4.96%	4.87%	4.97%

Of the 1,909,964 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	23,011	46
Allegany	3,084	8
Broome	16,881	39
Cattaraugus	4,923	20
Cayuga	5,698	17
Chautauqua	8,077	18
Chemung	6,938	14
Chenango	2,912	12
Clinton	4,342	23
Columbia	3,747	10
Cortland	3,457	4
Delaware	2,040	12
Dutchess	26,899	123
Erie	77,089	424
Essex	1,469	3
Franklin	2,345	4
Fulton	3,879	19
Genesee	4,891	13
Greene	3,025	9
Hamilton	294	0
Herkimer	4,824	10
Jefferson	5,305	16
Lewis	2,371	6
Livingston	3,863	7
Madison	4,173	12
Monroe	58,139	228
Montgomery	3,711	12
Nassau	171,738	553
Niagara	17,156	80
NYC	857,266	3,467
Oneida	21,021	38
Onondaga	34,868	95
Ontario	6,519	29
Orange	44,565	195
Orleans	2,650	9
Oswego	6,758	30
Otsego	3,030	23
Putnam	9,835	49
Rensselaer	10,285	37
Rockland	44,503	119
Saratoga	13,826	74
Schenectady	12,046	48
Schoharie	1,462	9
Schuyler	963	6
Seneca	1,814	3
St. Lawrence	6,022	14
Steuben	6,062	13
Suffolk	187,149	662
Sullivan	5,782	49
Tioga	3,232	19
Tompkins	3,965	9
Ulster	12,437	59
Warren	3,260	9
Washington	2,755	16
Wayne	4,982	25
Westchester	122,412	346
Wyoming	3,145	17
Yates	1,069	2

Yesterday, 59 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 40,922. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	9
Chemung	1
Delaware	1
Dutchess	2
Erie	3
Greene	1
Kings	11
Manhattan	4
Nassau	5
Oneida	1
Putnam	1
Queens	5
Richmond	4
Rockland	3
Steuben	1
Suffolk	6
Westchester	1