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.

"In 2021, we're going to be focusing on controlling and defeating COVID and to do that, we have two different goals we're working on simultaneously--controlling the spread, and then putting a harpoon in the beast and actually defeating the virus thanks to the vaccine," Governor Cuomo said. "What we're seeing in New York and all across this country is growing numbers of hospitalizations, infections and deaths, and they are all a consequence of our actions. We defeat COVID the way we've been controlling it for the past year, as a function of our activity. If the infection rate increases, then regions can close and that's the last thing anybody wants. If you don't want that, then do something about it--be smart, practice safe behaviors and reduce the infection rate."

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Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 134,360
Total Positive - 11,209
Percent Positive - 8.34%
Patient Hospitalization - 8,251 (+288)
Patients Newly Admitted - 925
Hospital Counties - 56
Number ICU - 1,357 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 843 (+28)
Total Discharges - 104,939 (+537)
Deaths - 170
Total Deaths - 30,648

The regional hospital bed capacity and occupancy numbers, including the number of hospitalizations as a percent of the region's population, is as follows:

Region	COVID Patients Currently in Hospital in Region	COVID Patients as Percent of Region Population	Percent of Hospital Beds Currently Available in Region	Percent of Hospital Beds Available Within 7 Days Under Surge Plan
Capital Region	468	0.04%	22%	32%
Central New York	400	0.05%	20%	31%
Finger Lakes	930	0.08%	30%	31%
Long Island	1506	0.05%	24%	36%
Mid-Hudson	942	0.04%	34%	45%
Mohawk Valley	299	0.06%	22%	33%
New York City	2884	0.03%	31%	39%
North Country	82	0.02%	35%	59%
Southern Tier	209	0.03%	42%	52%
Western New York	531	0.04%	30%	33%
Statewide	8251	0.04%	29%	38%

The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:

Region	Total ICU Beds in Region	Total Occupied ICU Beds in Region	Percent of ICU Beds Available in Region (7-Day Average)
Capital Region	228	194	16%
Central New York	266	201	25%
Finger Lakes	397	305	26%
Long Island	819	644	23%
Mid-Hudson	684	399	39%
Mohawk Valley	127	101	21%
New York City	2467	1772	28%
North Country	58	35	36%
Southern Tier	125	80	36%
Western New York	545	330	38%
NYS TOTAL	5716	4061	29%

Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Capital Region	9.82%	10.11%	9.91%
Central New York	8.70%	8.90%	9.30%
Finger Lakes	10.03%	10.35%	10.22%
Long Island	8.82%	9.11%	9.31%
Mid-Hudson	7.96%	8.19%	8.20%
Mohawk Valley	10.02%	10.40%	10.38%
New York City	6.17%	6.24%	6.24%
North Country	8.28%	8.77%	9.02%
Southern Tier	5.72%	6.42%	5.77%
Western New York	7.95%	8.43%	8.43%
Statewide	7.55%	7.78%	7.79%

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

BOROUGH	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Bronx	7.65%	7.28%	7.31%
Brooklyn	6.35%	5.94%	5.90%
Manhattan	3.80%	3.49%	3.52%
Queens	7.32%	7.04%	6.99%
Staten Island	7.45%	7.23%	7.15%

Of the 1,028,362 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	12,593	188
Allegany	1,947	20
Broome	8,672	71
Cattaraugus	2,699	32
Cayuga	3,294	128
Chautauqua	3,915	130
Chemung	4,753	68
Chenango	1,326	30
Clinton	1,312	44
Columbia	1,768	15
Cortland	2,200	17
Delaware	760	10
Dutchess	13,020	223
Erie	43,442	509
Essex	651	9
Franklin	812	2
Fulton	1,409	28
Genesee	2,906	40
Greene	1,491	29
Hamilton	120	1
Herkimer	2,473	66
Jefferson	2,032	85
Lewis	1,001	18
Livingston	2,042	36
Madison	2,458	41
Monroe	36,258	480
Montgomery	1,516	24
Nassau	93,106	1,071
Niagara	9,259	176
NYC	443,647	3,726
Oneida	13,269	270
Onondaga	22,697	484
Ontario	3,652	103
Orange	24,370	173
Orleans	1,464	23
Oswego	3,720	62
Otsego	1,283	17
Putnam	5,162	78
Rensselaer	4,796	72
Rockland	28,335	173
Saratoga	6,360	117
Schenectady	6,501	132
Schoharie	628	17
Schuyler	571	14
Seneca	905	31
St. Lawrence	2,375	32
Steuben	3,665	76
Suffolk	102,465	1,232
Sullivan	3,249	22
Tioga	1,792	21
Tompkins	2,152	14
Ulster	6,089	70
Warren	1,346	9
Washington	940	9
Wayne	2,827	59
Westchester	72,762	544
Wyoming	1,533	23
Yates	572	15

Yesterday, 170 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 30,648. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	3
Allegany	1
Bronx	11
Broome	3
Cayuga	3
Chemung	2
Chenango	1
Cortland	1
Dutchess	7
Erie	11
Fulton	1
Genesee	1
Greene	2
Jefferson	1
Kings	16
Lewis	2
Livingston	1
Madison	1
Manhattan	4
Monroe	10
Montgomery	2
Nassau	8
Niagara	2
Oneida	8
Onondaga	8
Ontario	1
Orange	3
Oswego	2
Queens	9
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	5
Rockland	4
Schenectady	3
St. Lawrence	1
Steuben	1
Suffolk	20
Sullivan	1
Ulster	3
Wayne	1
Westchester	2
Wyoming	1
Yates	2