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. A rise in cases during the fall and winter was to be expected and New Yorkers are urged to wear masks, socially distance and wash their hands and to be wary of gatherings.

New York State's position during the pandemic is affected by an ongoing surge of COVID-19 throughout the United States. According to Johns Hopkins University, New York State has had the nation's third-lowest positivity rate over the past week, behind Vermont and Maine.

"While New York's COVID positivity remains the third-lowest in the nation, we continue to see increases in both new positive cases and hospital admissions, demonstrating we are not immune to the surge we are seeing throughout the rest of the nation," Governor Cuomo said. "While we may be tired of COVID, it is not tired of us. It's clear that COVID fatigue and a lack of compliance leads to viral spread, so it's more important than ever that as we prepare for winter, each of us stays smart and New York Tough by taking simple everyday actions like washing hands, wearing masks and socially distancing. Likewise, local governments need to be vigilant and actively enforce public health law throughout the state."

A chart of U.S. states ranked by COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week is available below:

Johns Hopkins University State Positivity Chart
11/10/2020
RANK	STATE	POSITIVITY
1	South Dakota	53.97%
2	Iowa	48.29%
3	Kansas	41.27%
4	Idaho	38.64%
5	Wyoming	34.50%
6	Missouri	20.97%
7	Alabama	19.77%
8	Montana	18.14%
9	Utah	17.98%
10	North Dakota	16.11%
11	Pennsylvania	15.99%
12	Wisconsin	15.39%
13	Mississippi	14.75%
14	Oklahoma	14.74%
15	Nebraska	13.79%
16	Minnesota	13.51%
17	Arizona	12.76%
18	Arkansas	12.56%
19	Oregon	12.10%
20	Nevada	12.04%
21	Tennessee	11.17%
22	Indiana	10.91%
23	Connecticut	10.89%
24	Illinois	10.79%
25	Colorado	10.01%
26	Texas	9.63%
27	New Mexico	9.57%
28	Michigan	9.44%
29	Ohio	9.36%
30	Kentucky	8.07%
31	Florida	7.39%
32	Georgia	7.35%
33	Virginia	7.20%
34	Washington	6.30%
35	North Carolina	6.19%
36	South Carolina	5.97%
37	Delaware	5.74%
38	West Virginia	5.70%
39	New Jersey	4.96%
40	Louisiana	4.89%
41	Maryland	4.21%
42	California	4.10%
43	Rhode Island	3.92%
44	New Hampshire	3.51%
45	Hawaii	2.44%
46	Massachusetts	2.21%
47	Alaska	2.19%
48	District of Columbia	2.12%
49	New York	2.07%
50	Maine	2.02%
51	Vermont	0.64%

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.59 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.56 percent. Within the focus areas, 22,477 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,257 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 105,559 test results were reported, yielding 2,708 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

FOCUS ZONE	10/18- 10/24 % Positive	10/25- 10/31 % Positive	11/1- 11/7 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Yesterday (11/9) % Positive
Brooklyn orange-zone focus area % positive	4.15%	4.78%	3.33%	3.57%	3.87%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.40%	2.65%	2.96%	3.36%	4.56%
Rockland orange-zone focus area % positive	3.65%	4.08%	2.96%	2.82%	2.86%
Orange yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.64%	2.37%	1.96%	1.82%	2.62%
Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.39%	6.00%	4.13%	4.48%	6.17%
Steuben yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.42%	4.99%	3.21%	2.56%	3.94%
Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive	8.36%	5.52%	6.45%	5.45%	6.90%
Westchester yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.25%	6.23%	7.53%	8.02%	14.66%
Erie yellow-zone focus area % positive	1.81%	2.86%	5.35%	6.22%	7.47%
Monroe yellow-zone focus area % positive	1.89%	2.22%	4.06%	4.81%	4.76%
Onondaga yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.18%	2.83%	4.68%	5.68%	8.61%
All focus area statewide % positive	2.89%	3.16%	3.97%	4.48%	5.59%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	1.31%	1.54%	1.95%	2.23%	3.09%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	1.06%	1.34%	1.81%	1.83%	2.56%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 1,548 (+104)
Patients Newly Admitted - 214
Hospital Counties - 48
Number ICU - 296 (+14)
Number ICU with Intubation - 128 (+3)
Total Discharges - 80,854 (+90)
Deaths - 32
Total Deaths - 26,005

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

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Capital Region	1.1%	2.0%	2.9%
Central New York	2.6%	3.2%	5.7%
Finger Lakes	3.5%	4.8%	3.8%
Long Island	2.6%	3.4%	3.5%
Mid-Hudson	2.8%	3.7%	3.6%
Mohawk Valley	1.1%	1.9%	2.2%
New York City	2.2%	2.5%	2.4%
North Country	1.7%	2.2%	2.2%
Southern Tier	1.3%	0.7%	1.4%
Western New York	4.8%	5.3%	5.7%

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

BOROUGH	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Bronx	3.2%	2.7%	2.7%
Brooklyn	1.9%	2.5%	1.9%
Manhattan	1.7%	1.9%	1.8%
Queens	2.3%	2.7%	3.2%
Staten Island	2.9%	3.8%	4.3%

Of the 536,145 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	4,192	97
Allegany	484	13
Broome	4,086	54
Cattaraugus	618	7
Cayuga	566	17
Chautauqua	1,136	18
Chemung	2,157	22
Chenango	472	4
Clinton	313	10
Columbia	825	13
Cortland	665	9
Delaware	255	9
Dutchess	5,879	40
Erie	15,606	390
Essex	218	2
Franklin	147	7
Fulton	377	2
Genesee	510	15
Greene	563	5
Hamilton	20	0
Herkimer	461	12
Jefferson	282	5
Lewis	186	1
Livingston	432	24
Madison	666	8
Monroe	9,241	284
Montgomery	296	0
Nassau	52,173	278
Niagara	2,467	75
NYC	273,583	1,208
Oneida	3,177	56
Onondaga	6,826	250
Ontario	848	19
Orange	14,553	88
Orleans	453	3
Oswego	809	22
Otsego	456	7
Putnam	2,004	26
Rensselaer	1,230	17
Rockland	19,133	138
Saratoga	1,567	14
Schenectady	1,758	25
Schoharie	130	6
Schuyler	196	10
Seneca	188	6
St. Lawrence	501	8
Steuben	1,249	20
Suffolk	51,332	280
Sullivan	1,920	20
Tioga	864	18
Tompkins	712	5
Ulster	2,670	23
Warren	487	2
Washington	384	2
Wayne	689	13
Westchester	42,696	242
Wyoming	261	11
Yates	176	5

Yesterday, 32 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,005. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Allegany	4
Bronx	2
Broome	2
Chemung	1
Dutchess	2
Erie	6
Franklin	1
Kings	1
Monroe	2
Nassau	2
Niagara	1
Onondaga	3
Orleans	1
Queens	1
Steuben	1
Sullivan	1
Westchester	1