As New York State Adopts CDC Mask and Social Distancing Guidance, Governor Cuomo Announces Lowest Statewide Positivity Rate since October 10

Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 1.00%

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 1.06%—Lowest Since September 27; 44 Straight Days of Decline

Hospitalizations Drop to 1,521—Lowest Since November 8

ICU Patients Drop to 362—Lowest Since November 12

Intubations Drop to 209—Lowest Since November 19

21 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide positivity rate dropped to 1.00 percent, the lowest since October 10. New York State is adopting the CDC's updated guidance on masks and social distancing today.

"New York is making tremendous strides in beating back COVID - our positivity rates are the lowest we've seen in months and more than 10 million New Yorkers have received at least one dose of the vaccine," Governor Cuomo said. "This progress has been a function of the hard work and dedication shown by New Yorkers throughout this entire pandemic, and it's because of that progress that we are able to ease restrictions on businesses and lift mask and social distancing requirements for vaccinated individuals in most public places. This is a huge milestone in our reopening and our efforts to build New York back better and stronger, but we must remain vigilant and work even harder to get every single eligible New Yorker vaccinated if we want to defeat COVID once and for all."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 142,770
Total Positive - 1,431
Percent Positive - 1.00%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.06%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,521 (-64)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -407
Patients Newly Admitted - 205
Number ICU - 362 (-25)
Number ICU with Intubation - 209 (-14)
Total Discharges - 180,300 (217)
Deaths - 21
Total Deaths - 42,524

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 Available Within 7 Days Under Surge Plan
Capital Region	65	0.01%	29%
Central New York	40	0.01%	33%
Finger Lakes	197	0.02%	40%
Long Island	216	0.01%	39%
Mid-Hudson	119	0.01%	48%
Mohawk Valley	27	0.01%	41%
New York City	626	0.01%	36%
North Country	15	0.00%	58%
Southern Tier	58	0.01%	52%
Western New York	158	0.01%	36%
Statewide	1521	0.01%	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 Avg)
Capital Region	238	208	13%
Central New York	233	186	20%
Finger Lakes	397	242	39%
Long Island	856	602	30%
Mid-Hudson	645	374	42%
Mohawk Valley	97	72	26%
New York City	2,482	1842	26%
North Country	61	39	36%
Southern Tier	115	65	43%
Western New York	543	337	38%
Statewide	5,667	3967	30%

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

REGION	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Capital Region	1.34%	1.26%	1.16%
Central New York	1.37%	1.38%	1.43%
Finger Lakes	2.72%	2.58%	2.55%
Long Island	0.98%	0.94%	0.91%
Mid-Hudson	0.99%	0.93%	0.93%
Mohawk Valley	1.15%	1.07%	1.00%
New York City	0.91%	0.88%	0.86%
North Country	2.00%	1.92%	1.98%
Southern Tier	0.59%	0.62%	0.64%
Western New York	1.86%	1.74%	1.71%
Statewide	1.11%	1.07%	1.06%

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

BOROUGH	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Bronx	0.92%	0.92%	0.86%
Brooklyn	0.99%	0.96%	0.98%
Manhattan	0.58%	0.56%	0.52%
Queens	1.03%	0.98%	0.94%
Staten Island	1.22%	1.13%	1.20%

Of the 2,072,874 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,480	14
Allegany	3,464	6
Broome	18,406	18
Cattaraugus	5,643	18
Cayuga	6,246	11
Chautauqua	8,834	12
Chemung	7,587	9
Chenango	3,432	12
Clinton	4,815	4
Columbia	4,026	6
Cortland	3,795	10
Delaware	2,332	8
Dutchess	29,249	18
Erie	88,638	78
Essex	1,581	1
Franklin	2,518	0
Fulton	4,353	3
Genesee	5,378	10
Greene	3,377	7
Hamilton	312	2
Herkimer	5,121	4
Jefferson	5,984	20
Lewis	2,736	17
Livingston	4,419	17
Madison	4,494	9
Monroe	67,230	127
Montgomery	4,217	5
Nassau	182,565	74
Niagara	19,766	30
NYC	929,303	472
Oneida	22,315	23
Onondaga	38,230	72
Ontario	7,330	7
Orange	47,941	21
Orleans	3,071	8
Oswego	7,480	13
Otsego	3,407	3
Putnam	10,548	4
Rensselaer	11,139	6
Rockland	46,715	11
Saratoga	15,165	18
Schenectady	13,029	11
Schoharie	1,670	1
Schuyler	1,035	2
Seneca	1,988	4
St. Lawrence	6,539	12
Steuben	6,814	10
Suffolk	199,739	79
Sullivan	6,564	4
Tioga	3,726	6
Tompkins	4,274	18
Ulster	13,801	6
Warren	3,599	5
Washington	3,101	6
Wayne	5,685	5
Westchester	128,967	46
Wyoming	3,529	5
Yates	1,172	3

Yesterday, 21 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,524. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: