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.

"If you look at New York relative only to New York, you see the numbers going up — not as fast as in other states, but the numbers are going up. It's nice that we're doing better in a national and global context, but it's irrelevant to one extent because we have to deal with the issues that we have here in New York relative to New York," Governor Cuomo said. "I expect you're going to see the rate going up through the holiday season. This is a new phase for COVID — call it the winter phase or the holiday phase or the surge upon surge phase — and we are spending this weekend talking to health officials and local governments about the plan for that next phase. We'll be speaking to that tomorrow and this week with more details. In the meantime, everyone needs to stay vigilant: wear your mask, wash your hands, maintain social distance, and above all stay New York Tough."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.83 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 3.75 percent. Within the focus areas, 39,323 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 2,294 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 117,997 test results were reported, yielding 4,429 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

STATEWIDE	11/8- 11/14 % Positive	11/15- 11/21 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (11/27) % Positive	Yesterday (11/28) % Positive
All focus area statewide % positive	4.81%	4.51%	5.14%	5.65%	5.83%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	2.86%	2.89%	3.52%	3.98%	4.27%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	2.47%	2.44%	3.02%	3.45%	3.75%

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

FOCUS ZONE	11/8- 11/14 % Positive	11/15- 11/21 % Positive	Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average	Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average	Current 7-day Rolling average
Erie orange-zone focus area % positive	7.22%	7.30%	7.07%	7.14%	7.20%
Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.34%	7.36%	6.93%	6.81%	6.83%
Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive	5.10%	4.44%	6.90%	7.16%	7.35%
Monroe Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.41%	4.17%	5.46%	5.79%	6.59%
Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.95%	3.58%	4.39%	4.90%	5.62%
Onondaga Orange-zone focus area % positive	6.26%	5.34%	4.62%	5.10%	6.13%
Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.03%	4.50%	4.01%	4.60%	5.09%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.40%	3.40%	3.39%	3.52%	3.61%
Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	3.52%	4.48%	4.51%	4.47%
Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive	3.80%	4.70%	4.43%	4.30%	4.64%
Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.92%	3.70%	4.94%	5.32%	5.64%
Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.55%	3.39%	3.53%	3.90%	3.94%
Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.59%	4.71%	5.92%	6.86%	6.46%
Staten Island Orange-zone focus area % positive	5.24%	4.96%	4.86%	4.73%	4.75%
Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.75%	3.61%	3.90%	3.94%	4.08%
Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.81%	5.60%	2.67%	2.38%	3.10%
Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	5.41%	3.35%	3.56%	3.81%
Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.07%	7.89%	8.98%	8.85%	8.57%
Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.23%	3.39%	3.23%	3.12%	3.40%
Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.69%	3.69%	3.35%	3.01%	3.93%
Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.64%	4.15%	4.88%	4.76%	5.12%
Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.26%	5.69%	6.49%	6.28%	7.00%
Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.80%	4.85%	3.84%	3.37%	3.49%
Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.36%	7.15%	5.69%	6.14%	7.23%
Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.88%	10.22%	9.84%	9.97%	9.96%
Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.47%	8.27%	7.89%	7.37%	7.05%
Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.48%	4.11%	4.85%	4.95%	4.84%
Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.46%	5.68%	5.80%	5.04%	5.44%
Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive	9.34%	7.59%	7.87%	7.34%	7.21%
Westchester Port Chester Yellow-zone focus area % positive	7.10%	8.04%	6.20%	7.11%	6.28%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 3,372 (+85)
Patients Newly Admitted - 487
Hospital Counties - 54
Number ICU - 667 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 326 (-5)
Total Discharges - 85,287 (+349)
Deaths - 55
Total Deaths - 26,690

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	3.7%	3.4%	3.4%	2.97%
Central New York	4.0%	8.4%	6.9%	4.63%
Finger Lakes	5.7%	6.6%	6.6%	5.16%
Long Island	3.8%	3.4%	4.1%	3.64%
Mid-Hudson	4.7%	4.8%	4.9%	4.42%
Mohawk Valley	3.6%	4.7%	5.1%	3.88%
New York City	2.8%	2.9%	3.4%	2.75%
North Country	2.9%	3.1%	2.4%	2.59%
Southern Tier	1.8%	4.4%	4.1%	1.96%
Western New York	8.1%	7.4%	7.2%	6.69%

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	3.9%	4.1%	4.1%	3.79%
Brooklyn	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%	2.61%
Manhattan	1.7%	2.2%	2.7%	1.77%
Queens	3.3%	3.1%	3.5%	3.07%
Staten Island	4.4%	3.8%	5.1%	4.19%

Of the 641,161 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	5,712	94
Allegany	1,019	22
Broome	5,308	74
Cattaraugus	1,114	39
Cayuga	869	23
Chautauqua	1,562	23
Chemung	3,048	55
Chenango	639	10
Clinton	459	3
Columbia	1,020	8
Cortland	1,044	19
Delaware	359	13
Dutchess	7,197	75
Erie	24,942	502
Essex	285	6
Franklin	266	7
Fulton	495	5
Genesee	997	31
Greene	688	3
Hamilton	45	1
Herkimer	691	27
Jefferson	551	40
Lewis	360	9
Livingston	700	17
Madison	944	31
Monroe	15,138	435
Montgomery	484	12
Nassau	60,181	481
Niagara	3,768	86
NYC	309,475	2,294
Oneida	4,861	129
Onondaga	10,701	221
Ontario	1,304	31
Orange	16,801	151
Orleans	623	5
Oswego	1,571	75
Otsego	618	7
Putnam	2,789	58
Rensselaer	1,720	34
Rockland	21,502	124
Saratoga	2,245	65
Schenectady	2,443	54
Schoharie	196	2
Schuyler	314	8
Seneca	295	12
St. Lawrence	822	17
Steuben	1,771	32
Suffolk	60,414	604
Sullivan	2,191	25
Tioga	1,132	28
Tompkins	1,105	29
Ulster	3,325	49
Warren	577	2
Washington	449	5
Wayne	1,127	32
Westchester	50,110	464
Wyoming	533	6
Yates	262	9

Yesterday, 55 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,690. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Allegany	1
Bronx	1
Broome	2
Cortland	1
Dutchess	3
Erie	14
Kings	1
Manhattan	2
Nassau	5
Oneida	1
Onondaga	4
Oswego	1
Queens	5
Rensselaer	2
Richmond	3
Rockland	1
Schenectady	2
Steuben	1
Suffolk	2
Wayne	2
Wyoming	1