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.

"I understand New Yorkers may be feeling COVID fatigue, especially now that we have entered the holiday season and the first batch of vaccines is a couple weeks away, but if there was ever a time to double down and be vigilant, it's now," Governor Cuomo said. "We continue to implement our data-driven winter plan and we are laser focused on making sure New York's hospitals have enough capacity. What's troubling is we are seeing a new trend where the majority of cases are traced to households and private gatherings. The federal government continues to overlook the black, brown, and poor communities in its vaccine plan and hasn't provided the funding necessary for the states to administer it. These are real problems, and if left unaddressed they could undermine the effectiveness of the entire program. While we won't stop fighting until these problems are addressed, New Yorkers need to do their part too. They already did the best job in the country the first time around, going from the highest infection rate to one of the lowest, and I have no doubt if we continue to stay smart, we will get through this together — stronger, tougher and more loving than before."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 6.17 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 4.59 percent. Within the focus areas, 54,956 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 3,389 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 160,445 test results were reported, yielding 7,372 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	11/22- 11/28 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (12/03) % Positive	Yesterday (12/04) % Positive
All focus area statewide % positive	4.81%	4.51%	5.14%	6.25%	7.35%	6.17%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	2.86%	2.89%	3.52%	4.84%	5.41%	4.99%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	2.47%	2.44%	3.02%	4.37%	4.79%	4.59%

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	11/22- 11/28 % 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%	7.20%	7.67%	7.67%	7.63%
Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.34%	7.36%	6.83%	8.18%	8.35%	8.75%
Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive	5.10%	4.44%	7.35%	8.51%	8.51%	8.91%
Monroe Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.41%	4.17%	6.59%	7.20%	7.68%	7.41%
Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.95%	3.58%	5.62%	6.48%	7.17%	7.01%
Onondaga Orange-zone focus area % positive	6.26%	5.34%	6.13%	5.66%	6.27%	5.60%
Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.03%	4.50%	5.09%	5.74%	6.00%	5.40%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.40%	3.40%	3.61%	4.48%	4.68%	4.80%
Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	3.52%	4.47%	5.25%	5.41%	5.57%
Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive	3.80%	4.70%	4.64%	5.34%	5.43%	5.35%
Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.92%	3.70%	5.64%	7.62%	8.07%	8.53%
Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.55%	3.39%	3.94%	5.05%	5.47%	5.56%
Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive	4.59%	4.71%	6.46%	5.97%	6.38%	6.29%
Staten Island Orange-zone focus area % positive	5.24%	4.96%	4.75%	6.69%	7.20%	7.58%
Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.75%	3.61%	4.08%	4.88%	5.26%	5.53%
Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.81%	5.60%	3.10%	6.14%	5.80%	5.48%
Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.81%	5.41%	3.81%	6.30%	7.07%	8.17%
Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.07%	7.89%	8.57%	7.33%	7.04%	7.37%
Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.23%	3.39%	3.40%	4.07%	4.36%	4.51%
Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	3.69%	3.69%	3.93%	4.47%	4.48%	4.97%
Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.64%	4.15%	5.12%	6.61%	6.88%	7.02%
Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.26%	5.69%	7.00%	5.73%	6.02%	6.33%
Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.80%	4.85%	3.49%	3.97%	4.50%	5.03%
Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	10.36%	7.15%	7.23%	10.10%	9.68%	10.51%
Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	9.88%	10.22%	9.96%	9.77%	8.93%	8.72%
Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	8.47%	8.27%	7.05%	4.56%	5.36%	6.22%
Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.48%	4.11%	4.84%	4.69%	4.61%	5.13%
Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.46%	5.68%	5.44%	5.77%	5.67%	5.86%
Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive	9.34%	7.59%	7.21%	8.58%	10.27%	11.27%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 4,318 (+96)
Patients Newly Admitted - 621
Hospital Counties - 56
Number ICU - 825 (+30)
Number ICU with Intubation - 435 (+32)
Total Discharges - 87,473 (+445)
Deaths - 69
Total Deaths - 27,089

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

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Capital Region	3.5%	5.1%	4.9%	4.32%
Central New York	5.6%	5.9%	5.4%	5.48%
Finger Lakes	6.8%	8.5%	6.2%	6.56%
Long Island	5.6%	5.9%	5.6%	5.20%
Mid-Hudson	5.6%	6.6%	6.9%	5.77%
Mohawk Valley	5.6%	7.6%	7.2%	6.09%
New York City	4.1%	4.3%	3.8%	3.99%
North Country	4.3%	6.3%	3.3%	4.12%
Southern Tier	3.3%	2.4%	2.6%	2.63%
Western New York	6.1%	8.2%	7.6%	7.44%

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

BOROUGH	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Bronx	4.9%	4.6%	4.4%	4.60%
Brooklyn	4.3%	4.4%	4.0%	3.91%
Manhattan	2.6%	2.8%	2.4%	2.68%
Queens	4.3%	4.7%	4.3%	4.33%
Staten Island	5.7%	6.2%	6.1%	6.03%

Of the 696,125 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	6,571	165
Allegany	1,182	55
Broome	5,875	107
Cattaraugus	1,374	83
Cayuga	1,068	51
Chautauqua	1,841	64
Chemung	3,395	85
Chenango	710	28
Clinton	532	8
Columbia	1,086	13
Cortland	1,176	36
Delaware	420	19
Dutchess	7,955	157
Erie	28,681	778
Essex	311	6
Franklin	305	12
Fulton	595	42
Genesee	1,269	67
Greene	785	27
Hamilton	60	4
Herkimer	847	25
Jefferson	757	63
Lewis	459	9
Livingston	855	40
Madison	1,127	47
Monroe	18,453	543
Montgomery	601	42
Nassau	64,359	698
Niagara	4,678	199
NYC	327,879	3,229
Oneida	6,050	290
Onondaga	12,358	425
Ontario	1,575	54
Orange	18,018	302
Orleans	693	21
Oswego	1,980	97
Otsego	716	28
Putnam	3,233	126
Rensselaer	2,034	66
Rockland	22,633	212
Saratoga	2,672	91
Schenectady	2,957	138
Schoharie	235	15
Schuyler	350	12
Seneca	370	11
St. Lawrence	1,083	19
Steuben	2,016	59
Suffolk	65,993	1,064
Sullivan	2,288	27
Tioga	1,228	20
Tompkins	1,279	38
Ulster	3,773	76
Warren	646	15
Washington	483	13
Wayne	1,347	47
Westchester	53,944	758
Wyoming	668	26
Yates	297	9

Yesterday, 69 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 27,089. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Allegany	1
Bronx	1
Broome	1
Cayuga	1
Chemung	2
Chenango	2
Dutchess	2
Erie	10
Kings	2
Livingston	1
Manhattan	6
Monroe	5
Nassau	3
Niagara	4
Oneida	3
Onondaga	2
Orange	1
Oswego	1
Queens	1
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	4
Rockland	1
St. Lawrence	2
Steuben	2
Suffolk	8
Ulster	1
Wayne	1