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

Hospitalizations Drop to 2,934—First Day Under 3,000 Since November 24 and Lowest Since November 23

ICU Patients Drop to 691—Lowest Since November 29

Intubations Drop to 425—Lowest Since December 3

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.80%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 1.98%—First Day Under 2% Since November 7

38 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 COVID virus changes almost every day, and as the enemy changes we have to adjust our tactics to defeat it," Governor Cuomo said. "The numbers are all headed in the right direction, and as they go down we are continuing to relax restrictions more and more so we can begin to get back to normal. But we're not done with COVID yet - all the good numbers mean nothing if we don't keep up with the precautions we know work to stop the spread. I encourage all New Yorkers to wear a mask, remain socially distanced and most importantly, get vaccinated."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 226,068
Total Positive - 4,073
Percent Positive - 1.80%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.98%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,934 (-183)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -633
Patients Newly Admitted - 319
Hospital Counties - 53
Number ICU - 691 (-21)
Number ICU with Intubation - 425 (-19)
Total Discharges - 175,127 (+400)
Deaths - 38
Total Deaths - 41,948

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	92	0.01%	30%
Central New York	61	0.01%	32%
Finger Lakes	215	0.02%	40%
Long Island	429	0.02%	35%
Mid-Hudson	305	0.01%	45%
Mohawk Valley	45	0.01%	38%
New York City	1409	0.02%	32%
North Country	20	0.00%	56%
Southern Tier	93	0.01%	49%
Western New York	265	0.02%	31%
Statewide	2934	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	240	212	14%
Central New York	262	184	32%
Finger Lakes	397	227	45%
Long Island	849	616	27%
Mid-Hudson	664	402	41%
Mohawk Valley	97	69	20%
New York City	2,563	1969	24%
North Country	54	36	39%
Southern Tier	115	69	47%
Western New York	545	379	32%
Statewide	5,786	4163	29%

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	1.60%	1.60%	1.57%
Central New York	1.26%	1.37%	1.48%
Finger Lakes	2.71%	2.77%	2.87%
Long Island	2.18%	2.11%	2.08%
Mid-Hudson	2.35%	2.28%	2.13%
Mohawk Valley	1.46%	1.39%	1.50%
New York City	2.14%	2.04%	1.94%
North Country	1.39%	1.61%	1.84%
Southern Tier	0.79%	0.76%	0.76%
Western New York	3.44%	3.48%	3.56%
Statewide	2.06%	2.02%	1.98%

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	1.98%	2.03%	2.05%
Brooklyn	2.35%	2.44%	2.37%
Manhattan	1.11%	1.14%	1.17%
Queens	2.14%	2.14%	2.16%
Staten Island	2.51%	2.52%	2.51%

Of the 2,028,626 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,102	46
Allegany	3,273	8
Broome	17,910	45
Cattaraugus	5,339	25
Cayuga	6,014	13
Chautauqua	8,589	27
Chemung	7,332	20
Chenango	3,256	18
Clinton	4,675	9
Columbia	3,882	1
Cortland	3,619	6
Delaware	2,249	6
Dutchess	28,587	54
Erie	85,879	342
Essex	1,532	8
Franklin	2,459	11
Fulton	4,200	12
Genesee	5,194	19
Greene	3,231	14
Hamilton	303	0
Herkimer	4,977	4
Jefferson	5,606	33
Lewis	2,540	15
Livingston	4,154	23
Madison	4,372	8
Monroe	63,563	310
Montgomery	4,048	9
Nassau	180,144	249
Niagara	18,995	69
NYC	911,700	1,605
Oneida	21,814	56
Onondaga	36,982	129
Ontario	7,088	25
Orange	47,121	83
Orleans	2,910	21
Oswego	7,181	26
Otsego	3,296	10
Putnam	10,404	15
Rensselaer	10,890	23
Rockland	46,231	50
Saratoga	14,735	31
Schenectady	12,670	24
Schoharie	1,591	3
Schuyler	1,013	5
Seneca	1,929	8
St. Lawrence	6,337	16
Steuben	6,518	25
Suffolk	196,806	271
Sullivan	6,374	8
Tioga	3,554	17
Tompkins	4,135	12
Ulster	13,446	34
Warren	3,476	4
Washington	2,946	13
Wayne	5,422	11
Westchester	127,521	128
Wyoming	3,377	14
Yates	1,135	2

Yesterday, 38 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 41,948. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	6
Cattaraugus	1
Cayuga	1
Erie	4
Kings	7
Manhattan	2
Monroe	1
Nassau	1
Niagara	1
Orange	1
Queens	5
Richmond	1
Suffolk	6
Westchester	1