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

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 3.01 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 1.30 Percent

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.49 Percent

8 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 with everything, context is key: Cases are surging around the country and around the globe. In a sea of division and a sea of COVID chaos, our ship of state is sailing well," Governor Cuomo said. "The world, however, is in trouble. So New Yorkers should be very proud of where we are, but we also need to stay vigilant — wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance, and stay New York Tough."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 3.01 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 1.30 percent. Within the focus areas, 15,493 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 467 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 121,469 test results were reported, yielding 1,582 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	10/18- 10/25 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (10/29) % Positive	Yesterday (10/30) % Positive
Brooklyn red-zone focus area % positive	5.86%	5.29%	4.44%	3.87%	3.62%	5.24%
Brooklyn yellow-zone focus area % positive	1.36%	1.93%	2.38%	2.59%	2.62%	2.38%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.27%	2.03%	2.40%	2.74%	2.52%	2.28%
Queens Far Rockaway yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.71%	2.70%	2.00%	1.93%	1.67%	1.72%
Rockland red-zone focus area % positive	9.77%	4.54%	3.65%	3.56%	3.33%	6.44%
Orange orange-zone focus area % positive	12.41%	4.62%	2.64%	1.87%	2.08%	2.95%
Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.63%	4.05%	6.39%	6.49%	3.61%	3.53%
Steuben yellow-zone focus area % positive	7.82%	7.52%	4.42%	4.53%	2.14%	3.77%
Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive	6.49%	7.12%	8.36%	6.63%	2.06%	5.35%
All focus area statewide % positive	3.18%	3.00%	3.27%	3.18%	2.75%	3.01%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	1.18%	1.16%	1.31%	1.52%	1.53%	1.49%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	1.01%	1.06%	1.06%	1.30%	1.38%	1.30%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 1,121 (+36)
Patients Newly Admitted - 147
Hospital Counties - 47
Number ICU - 248 (+5)
Number ICU with Intubation - 122 (+6)
Total Discharges - 79,717 (+96)
Deaths - 8
Total Deaths - 25,807

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

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	1.3%	1.1%	0.9%
Central New York	0.9%	2.4%	1.9%
Finger Lakes	1.6%	2.4%	1.9%
Long Island	1.5%	1.3%	1.3%
Mid-Hudson	1.9%	2.0%	2.2%
Mohawk Valley	0.7%	0.5%	1.2%
New York City	1.5%	1.6%	1.3%
North Country	0.7%	1.2%	1.5%
Southern Tier	1.1%	0.7%	1.0%
Western New York	2.5%	2.3%	2.5%

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	2.1%	1.6%	1.6%
Brooklyn	1.7%	1.5%	1.4%
Manhattan	0.7%	1.2%	0.8%
Queens	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%
Staten Island	2.4%	2.9%	2.1%

Of the 507,480 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	3,724	19
Allegany	341	5
Broome	3,710	48
Cattaraugus	536	9
Cayuga	438	9
Chautauqua	994	18
Chemung	1,826	29
Chenango	419	6
Clinton	263	8
Columbia	728	5
Cortland	584	17
Delaware	187	6
Dutchess	5,547	22
Erie	13,413	151
Essex	203	4
Franklin	86	4
Fulton	365	0
Genesee	407	1
Greene	515	5
Hamilton	18	0
Herkimer	396	2
Jefferson	220	6
Lewis	146	7
Livingston	332	5
Madison	584	7
Monroe	7,596	103
Montgomery	273	1
Nassau	50,153	146
Niagara	2,124	16
NYC	263,209	699
Oneida	2,831	47
Onondaga	5,696	93
Ontario	701	4
Orange	13,830	87
Orleans	413	0
Oswego	644	5
Otsego	415	5
Putnam	1,845	12
Rensselaer	1,116	5
Rockland	18,177	67
Saratoga	1,405	22
Schenectady	1,600	9
Schoharie	114	1
Schuyler	147	8
Seneca	148	0
St. Lawrence	415	6
Steuben	1,058	17
Suffolk	49,396	96
Sullivan	1,814	14
Tioga	689	17
Tompkins	650	11
Ulster	2,547	9
Warren	467	6
Washington	347	7
Wayne	550	20
Westchester	40,797	116
Wyoming	199	3
Yates	132	4

Yesterday, 8 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,807. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: