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

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 2.58 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas Included is 1.13 Percent

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.31 Percent

11 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.

"As new cases climb across the country, in New York we are continuing our strategy of aggressively targeting micro-clusters whenever they pop up and implementing measures to stop any potential spread quickly," Governor Cuomo said. "We are able to be surgical in our approach because we have developed such large testing and contact tracing programs. The news from around the country is another reminder that while we have come a long way, this pandemic is not over and we must remain vigilant: wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance and be New York Tough. The only way to beat this thing is through compliance of public health law and by taking care of one another."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 2.58 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 1.13 percent. Within the focus areas, 19,799 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 511 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 137,141 test results were reported, yielding 1,550 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

FOCUS ZONE	10/4- 10/10 % Positive	10/11 - 10/17 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (10/22) % Positive	Yesterday (10/23) % Positive
Brooklyn red-zone focus area % positive	5.86%	5.29%	4.47%	2.51%	4.23%
Brooklyn yellow-zone focus area % positive	1.36%	1.93%	2.40%	1.90%	2.07%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.27%	2.03%	2.23%	1.62%	2.40%
Queens Far Rockaway yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.71%	2.70%	1.77%	1.37%	1.68%
Rockland red-zone focus area % positive	9.77%	4.54%	3.10%	2.17%	1.23%
Orange red-zone focus area % positive	12.41%	4.62%	2.75%	1.62%	2.88%
Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.63%	4.05%	6.62%	5.34%	6.09%
Steuben yellow-zone focus area % positive	7.82%	7.52%	4.11%	4.79%	4.40%
Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive	6.49%	7.12%	7.65%	5.70%	4.61%
All focus area statewide % positive	3.18%	3.00%	3.12%	2.31%	2.58%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	1.18%	1.16%	1.27%	1.15%	1.31%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	1.01%	1.06%	1.01%	0.98%	1.13%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 1,045 (+22)
Patients Newly Admitted - 152
Hospital Counties - 43
Number ICU - 231 (+8)
Number ICU with Intubation - 113 (+4)
Total Discharges - 78,960 (+106)
Deaths - 11
Total Deaths - 25,718

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

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%
Central New York	1.0%	1.1%	0.7%
Finger Lakes	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%
Long Island	1.0%	1.1%	1.6%
Mid-Hudson	1.5%	1.5%	1.9%
Mohawk Valley	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%
New York City	1.1%	1.0%	1.2%
North Country	0.5%	0.8%	1.8%
Southern Tier	1.5%	1.3%	1.1%
Western New York	1.5%	1.4%	1.1%

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

BOROUGH	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Bronx	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%
Brooklyn	1.2%	1.0%	1.3%
Manhattan	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%
Queens	1.3%	1.1%	1.4%
Staten Island	1.1%	1.0%	1.9%

Of the 493,832 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	3,549	33
Allegany	269	5
Broome	3,330	68
Cattaraugus	455	8
Cayuga	352	1
Chautauqua	877	9
Chemung	1,544	34
Chenango	365	7
Clinton	236	4
Columbia	669	2
Cortland	496	8
Delaware	168	2
Dutchess	5,421	18
Erie	12,782	77
Essex	196	1
Franklin	79	0
Fulton	361	0
Genesee	379	2
Greene	489	1
Hamilton	16	0
Herkimer	384	4
Jefferson	199	2
Lewis	92	24
Livingston	272	6
Madison	557	5
Monroe	7,070	78
Montgomery	261	0
Nassau	49,203	161
Niagara	2,032	16
NYC	257,902	755
Oneida	2,670	26
Onondaga	5,277	55
Ontario	635	6
Orange	13,413	71
Orleans	385	6
Oswego	609	2
Otsego	384	6
Putnam	1,788	8
Rensselaer	1,073	9
Rockland	17,635	54
Saratoga	1,295	30
Schenectady	1,539	9
Schoharie	107	3
Schuyler	115	4
Seneca	140	1
St. Lawrence	382	3
Steuben	951	22
Suffolk	48,562	163
Sullivan	1,725	11
Tioga	549	37
Tompkins	593	8
Ulster	2,459	9
Warren	448	3
Washington	330	3
Wayne	432	24
Westchester	40,041	151
Wyoming	179	2
Yates	111	4

Yesterday, 11 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,718. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: