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

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

"COVID-19 has been a long and extremely difficult time in the lives of New Yorkers, and although I know COVID fatigue is setting in and people are desperate to return to normal, we're still dealing with a pandemic and we still need to practice the behaviors that keep ourselves and others safe," Governor Cuomo said. "New York continues to make progress on vaccinations, and we're expanding eligibility and opening more pop-up sites across the state to get more shots in arms. That's good news, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't keep washing our hands, wearing masks and staying socially distanced. The infection rate is a function of what we do to slow the spread, individually and in our communities, and variants of the virus should still be a concern for all of us. We're moving forward toward the light at the end of the tunnel, but we have to defeat this COVID beast together to get there."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 296,240
Total Positive - 8,235
Percent Positive - 2.78%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.03%
Patient Hospitalization - 3,834 (-50)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -407
Patients Newly Admitted - 532
Hospital Counties - 52
Number ICU - 866 (-2)
Number ICU with Intubation - 535 (-8)
Total Discharges - 170,267 (+502)
Deaths - 58
Total Deaths - 41,450

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	109	0.01%	30%
Central New York	71	0.01%	31%
Finger Lakes	207	0.02%	37%
Long Island	613	0.02%	34%
Mid-Hudson	395	0.02%	44%
Mohawk Valley	51	0.01%	39%
New York City	1935	0.02%	32%
North Country	23	0.01%	54%
Southern Tier	82	0.01%	47%
Western New York	348	0.03%	32%
Statewide	3834	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	236	190	19%
Central New York	262	187	29%
Finger Lakes	397	248	38%
Long Island	859	659	24%
Mid-Hudson	678	408	39%
Mohawk Valley	97	80	19%
New York City	2,559	1996	23%
North Country	56	33	45%
Southern Tier	126	66	46%
Western New York	546	361	35%
Statewide	5,816	4228	28%

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

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	2.25%	2.39%	2.35%
Central New York	1.44%	1.43%	1.59%
Finger Lakes	3.11%	3.09%	3.22%
Long Island	3.50%	3.46%	3.38%
Mid-Hudson	3.63%	3.62%	3.54%
Mohawk Valley	1.99%	2.00%	1.97%
New York City	3.33%	3.27%	3.21%
North Country	1.64%	1.68%	1.64%
Southern Tier	0.82%	0.81%	0.85%
Western New York	4.73%	4.93%	5.25%
Statewide	3.05%	3.04%	3.03%

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

BOROUGH	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Bronx	3.39%	3.45%	3.65%
Brooklyn	3.64%	3.83%	4.09%
Manhattan	2.08%	2.12%	2.23%
Queens	3.80%	3.79%	3.90%
Staten Island	4.29%	4.44%	4.50%

Of the 1,979,225 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	23,609	74
Allegany	3,178	17
Broome	17,360	67
Cattaraugus	5,148	37
Cayuga	5,863	23
Chautauqua	8,378	50
Chemung	7,142	44
Chenango	3,077	19
Clinton	4,528	17
Columbia	3,826	8
Cortland	3,537	9
Delaware	2,156	14
Dutchess	27,902	89
Erie	82,158	627
Essex	1,496	1
Franklin	2,396	7
Fulton	4,057	16
Genesee	5,054	18
Greene	3,118	12
Hamilton	301	0
Herkimer	4,918	9
Jefferson	5,455	14
Lewis	2,453	12
Livingston	3,997	18
Madison	4,292	15
Monroe	60,881	353
Montgomery	3,881	9
Nassau	177,001	602
Niagara	18,211	121
NYC	889,587	4,041
Oneida	21,409	42
Onondaga	35,941	151
Ontario	6,858	30
Orange	46,021	137
Orleans	2,754	13
Oswego	6,972	16
Otsego	3,181	20
Putnam	10,186	52
Rensselaer	10,642	50
Rockland	45,651	124
Saratoga	14,380	57
Schenectady	12,395	38
Schoharie	1,548	5
Schuyler	988	0
Seneca	1,878	12
St. Lawrence	6,194	21
Steuben	6,272	19
Suffolk	193,151	610
Sullivan	6,126	24
Tioga	3,395	25
Tompkins	4,050	10
Ulster	12,972	53
Warren	3,374	14
Washington	2,847	7
Wayne	5,246	33
Westchester	125,487	315
Wyoming	3,239	8
Yates	1,108	6

Yesterday, 58 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 41,450. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	1
Bronx	6
Dutchess	2
Erie	5
Kings	10
Lewis	1
Manhattan	6
Montgomery	1
Nassau	5
Orange	1
Otsego	1
Queens	9
Richmond	4
Rockland	1
Schuyler	1
St. Lawrence	1
Suffolk	1
Westchester	2