November 22, 2020
Albany, NY

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

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.39 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.29 Percent

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.74 Percent

30 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.

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"Between now and January, there will be increased social interaction, and the consequence, I believe, will be an increase in the rate of cases. The only question of how much and how fast is up to you," Governor Cuomo said. "You can change what you do, and you can change how your community acts. We have several communities across the state in the warning track to yellow zones or become red or orange zones this week and while a vaccine is expected to come in December or January, we cannot let our guard down. The vaccine will be first distributed for high-need populations, but it will be six months at a minimum before it is widely available, so we simply cannot afford six months of a sustained increase in cases. The post-holiday increase is purely a function of what we do and New Yorkers have already proven their toughness, but as Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches, we need to stay the course. If we all continue to wash our hands, wear our masks and avoid gatherings, we will be able to keep our infection rate down and keep New Yorkers safe."

The post-holiday increase is purely a function of what we do and New Yorkers have already proven their toughness, but as Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches, we need to stay the course.

Governor Cuomo

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.39 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.29 percent. Within the focus areas, 42,198 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,853 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 154,410 test results were reported, yielding 3,538 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

STATEWIDE

11/1- 11/7 % Positive

11/8- 11/14 % Positive

Current 7-day rolling average

Day Prior (11/20) % Positive

Yesterday (11/21) % Positive

All focus area statewide % positive

3.44%

4.89%

4.55%

4.34%

4.39%

Statewide % positive with all focus areas included

1.95%

2.86%

2.89%

2.87%

2.74%

Statewide % positive without all focus areas included

1.81%

2.47%

2.44%

2.49%

2.29%

Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:

FOCUS ZONE

11/1- 11/7 % Positive

11/8- 11/14 % Positive

Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average

Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average

Current 7-day Rolling average

Erie orange-zone focus area % positive

4.53%

7.22%

7.40%

7.25%

7.25%

Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.64%

5.34%

6.57%

7.58%

7.36%

Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive

4.29%

5.10%

4.40%

4.30%

4.44%

Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.06%

5.54%

4.12%

3.96%

3.80%

Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.68%

6.58%

6.01%

5.65%

5.12%

Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.11%

3.40%

3.39%

3.32%

3.40%

Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.70%

3.81%

3.41%

3.49%

3.52%

Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive

2.79%

3.80%

4.68%

4.72%

4.70%

Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.33%

3.92%

3.55%

3.72%

3.70%

Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.46%

3.55%

3.41%

3.30%

3.39%

Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive

6.45%

4.59%

4.76%

4.15%

4.71%

Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.00%

4.33%

4.08%

3.99%

4.15%

Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive

10.03%

10.81%

6.20%

5.90%

5.60%

Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

2.95%

3.81%

4.65%

4.94%

5.41%

Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.96%

8.07%

7.97%

7.93%

7.89%

Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.16%

10.36%

8.11%

7.70%

7.15%

Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

5.00%

9.88%

10.96%

10.37%

10.22%

Westchester Tarrytown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.26%

8.47%

9.82%

8.56%

8.27%

Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

3.42%

4.48%

4.63%

4.07%

4.11%

Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive

4.40%

6.46%

6.66%

6.58%

5.68%

Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive

7.46%

9.34%

7.34%

7.09%

7.59%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,562 (+119)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 391
  • Hospital Counties - 52
  • Number ICU - 502 (+35)
  • Number ICU with Intubation - 234 (+22)
  • Total Discharges - 83,307 (+276)
  • Deaths - 30
  • Total Deaths - 26,357

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

REGION

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE

Capital Region

1.9%

2.4%

2.0%

2.32%

Central New York

3.2%

3.5%

2.6%

3.43%

Finger Lakes

3.2%

3.8%

2.5%

3.34%

Long Island

2.9%

2.9%

3.5%

3.23%

Mid-Hudson

3.4%

3.7%

3.3%

3.75%

Mohawk Valley

2.3%

3.3%

2.1%

2.50%

New York City

2.4%

2.6%

2.3%

2.54%

North Country

1.6%

2.2%

1.3%

1.73%

Southern Tier

0.9%

1.2%

1.5%

1.16%

Western New York

4.1%

5.7%

6.0%

5.06%

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

BOROUGH

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE

Bronx

3.2%

3.9%

3.3%

3.28%

Brooklyn

2.2%

2.4%

2.0%

2.24%

Manhattan

1.7%

2.0%

1.4%

1.82%

Queens

2.7%

2.4%

2.9%

2.85%

Staten Island

3.5%

3.8%

4.4%

4.04%

Of the 596,214 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

5,108

95

Allegany

846

39

Broome

4,859

67

Cattaraugus

877

35

Cayuga

704

6

Chautauqua

1,392

30

Chemung

2,647

76

Chenango

563

12

Clinton

418

6

Columbia

962

10

Cortland

884

14

Delaware

309

9

Dutchess

6,634

65

Erie

21,075

521

Essex

248

2

Franklin

231

2

Fulton

432

3

Genesee

758

23

Greene

626

4

Hamilton

37

1

Herkimer

575

11

Jefferson

418

11

Lewis

300

0

Livingston

583

6

Madison

797

2

Monroe

12,406

314

Montgomery

378

2

Nassau

56,706

437

Niagara

3,152

64

NYC

294,765

1,930

Oneida

4,081

43

Onondaga

9,160

213

Ontario

1,087

15

Orange

15,872

73

Orleans

561

7

Oswego

1,187

23

Otsego

508

3

Putnam

2,362

6

Rensselaer

1,515

21

Rockland

20,602

91

Saratoga

1,904

29

Schenectady

2,073

11

Schoharie

169

3

Schuyler

262

9

Seneca

243

3

St. Lawrence

667

9

Steuben

1,557

32

Suffolk

56,339

532

Sullivan

2,078

13

Tioga

1,024

11

Tompkins

904

28

Ulster

3,023

19

Warren

542

5

Washington

422

4

Wayne

912

11

Westchester

46,841

372

Wyoming

401

4

Yates

228

4

Yesterday, 30 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,357. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Allegany

4

Bronx

2

Broome

4

Cayuga

1

Dutchess

3

Erie

2

Franklin

1

Kings

2

Nassau

1

Niagara

1

Oneida

2

Rockland

2

Steuben

3

Tioga

1

Westchester

1

Contact the Governor's Press Office

Contact us by phone:

Albany: (518) 474 - 8418
New York City: (212) 681 - 4640

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