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

Top 20 Hotspot ZIP Codes Have 6.5 Percent Positivity Rate

Statewide Positivity Excluding Hotspot ZIP Codes is 0.98 Percent; 1.27 Percent with Hotspot ZIP Codes Included

11 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 1,065 Establishments; Observes 7 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 1,382 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 460,031; New Cases in 45 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"These twenty hotspot zip codes require attention and action, because they are not hermetically sealed and a cluster today can become community spread tomorrow. It's no longer about public education, it's about enforcement -- I don't think there has been a public health topic that has been more exhaustively communicated in my lifetime than wearing a mask," Governor Cuomo said. "We are in this situation partially because the local governments have not been conducting enforcement. Enforcement works. If you speed in your car, you get a ticket. If someone is not wearing a mask, they deserve a fine. If local governments do not want to be responsible for enforcement, assign personnel to the state and I will do it."

New York State continues to track clusters with a particular focus on the top 20 ZIP codes in which there have been hotspots. Within the 20 hotspot ZIP codes, the average rate of positive tests is 6.5 percent. The rate of positive tests for the remainder of New York State, not counting the top 20 ZIP codes, is 0.98 percent. The rate of positive tests for all of New York State, including the top 20 ZIP codes, is 1.27 percent. These 20 ZIP codes contained 26 percent of all positive cases in New York State yesterday, but represent only 6 percent of the state's population.

ZIP codes that have seen high positivity rates in the past days will be subject of focused testing efforts including access to rapid testing machines. These ZIP codes include:

COUNTY	ZIP	% POSITIVE RATE - 9/30	POSITIVE % - 3 DAY AVG	POSITIVE % - 7 DAY AVG
Orange	10950	17%	15%	18%
Rockland	10952	14%	14%	16%
Rockland	10977	15%	13%	14%
Kings	11223	8%	7%	6%
Kings	11230	7%	6%	6%
Kings	11210	7%	5%	6%
Kings	11219	3%	4%	6%
Kings	11204	2%	4%	6%
Kings	11229	5%	4%	4%
Queens	11367	4%	2%	4%
Rockland	10956	4%	3%	3%
Queens	11374	1%	3%	3%
Queens	11691	4%	4%	3%
Kings	11235	4%	3%	3%
Westchester	10573	8%	3%	3%
Bronx	10468	3%	3%	3%
Kings	11218	3%	3%	2%
Kings	11234	3%	3%	2%
Nassau	11590	2%	1%	2%
Richmond	10305	2%	1%	2%

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,065 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 7 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Bronx - 2
Manhattan - 1
Suffolk - 4

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 612 (+7)
Patients Newly Admitted - 93
Hospital Counties - 38
Number ICU - 141 (-3)
Number ICU with Intubation - 63 (-4)
Total Discharges - 76,834 (+80)
Deaths - 11
Total Deaths - 25,490

Of the 109,218 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 1,382, or 1.27 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%
Central New York	1.7%	0.4%	1.0%
Finger Lakes	0.9%	0.3%	0.7%
Long Island	1.2%	1.3%	1.0%
Mid-Hudson	2.0%	2.4%	2.8%
Mohawk Valley	0.8%	0.3%	0.8%
New York City	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%
North Country	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Southern Tier	1.9%	0.6%	1.0%
Western New York	1.3%	1.1%	1.7%

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

BOROUGH	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Bronx	1.0%	1.1%	1.3%
Brooklyn	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%
Manhattan	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%
Queens	1.5%	1.2%	1.3%
Staten Island	1.6%	2.2%	1.6%

The Governor also confirmed 1,382 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 460,031 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 460,031 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	3,133	13
Allegany	119	5
Broome	1,729	56
Cattaraugus	279	3
Cayuga	221	1
Chautauqua	602	12
Chemung	560	50
Chenango	253	0
Clinton	162	0
Columbia	595	0
Cortland	195	11
Delaware	137	1
Dutchess	5,148	11
Erie	11,574	74
Essex	169	0
Franklin	66	0
Fulton	339	0
Genesee	335	5
Greene	328	3
Hamilton	15	0
Herkimer	340	2
Jefferson	172	0
Lewis	50	0
Livingston	208	0
Madison	498	1
Monroe	6,121	36
Montgomery	235	0
Nassau	46,929	72
Niagara	1,799	11
NYC	244,574	533
Oneida	2,460	24
Onondaga	4,456	32
Ontario	481	6
Orange	12,199	56
Orleans	336	0
Oswego	506	3
Otsego	342	1
Putnam	1,629	12
Rensselaer	923	4
Rockland	15,636	184
Saratoga	1,073	7
Schenectady	1,417	7
Schoharie	85	0
Schuyler	47	4
Seneca	108	1
St. Lawrence	330	3
Steuben	464	11
Suffolk	46,563	46
Sullivan	1,607	3
Tioga	256	7
Tompkins	426	5
Ulster	2,282	2
Warren	391	0
Washington	302	0
Wayne	326	3
Westchester	38,300	61
Wyoming	137	0
Yates	64	0

Yesterday, there were 11 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,490. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: