Update on New York State’s Progress During COVID-19 Pandemic

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.86 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.53 Percent     

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.95 Percent

29 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.

«COVID is raging nationally, setting record numbers of cases and hospitalizations with each passing day,» Governor Cuomo said. «While New York is doing better than just about any state in the United States, we are not immune from the national trend. Now it’s up to what we do. There is no pre-destined future here. It’s a pure consequence of our actions. If we stay New York Tough and don’t fall subject to COVID fatigue and we stay smart through the holidays, through Thanksgiving, through Christmas, through Hanukkah, we’ll keep it under control. New Yorkers just have to continue to take it seriously. I know it has been a long time, but these next weeks are going to be key and we really need people to buckle down to fend off the tide.»

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.86 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.53 percent. Within the focus areas, 28,906 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,406 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 133,721 test results were reported, yielding 3,391 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

FOCUS ZONE10/25- 10/31 % Positive11/1- 11/7 % PositiveCurrent 7-day rolling averageDay Prior (11/10) % PositiveYesterday (11/11) % Positive 
Brooklyn orange-zone focus area % positive4.78%3.33%4.21%3.22%4.24%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive2.65%2.96%3.57%3.65%3.00%
Rockland orange-zone focus area % positive4.08%2.96%2.49%1.81%2.84%
Orange yellow-zone focus area % positive2.37%1.96%2.12%1.74%0.00%
Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive6.00%4.13%3.81%3.41%1.64%
Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive5.52%6.45%5.22%4.52%5.51%
Westchester orange-zone focus area % positive6.20%7.46%8.34%4.78%11.34%
Erie yellow-zone focus area % positive2.86%5.35%6.91%8.12%8.16%
Monroe yellow-zone focus area % positive2.22%4.06%5.18%6.21%5.69%
Onondaga yellow-zone focus area % positive2.83%4.68%5.96%7.37%7.41%
Staten Island yellow-zone focus area % positive2.58%3.00%3.77%4.88%3.91%
Tioga yellow-zone focus area % positive5.83%10.03%10.49%15.79%16.67%
All focus area statewide % positive3.06%3.85%4.71%4.96%4.86%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included1.54%1.95%2.60%2.93%2.95%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included1.34%1.81%2.15%2.58%2.53%

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization – 1,677 (+49)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 261
  • Hospital Counties – 52
  • Number ICU – 308 (+4)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 136 (+1)
  • Total Discharges – 81,198 (+178)
  • Deaths – 29
  • Total Deaths – 26,055

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

REGIONMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAY
Capital Region2.9%1.2%2.0%
Central New York5.7%3.2%4.1%
Finger Lakes3.8%4.6%4.8%
Long Island3.5%3.3%3.1%
Mid-Hudson3.6%3.7%3.7%
Mohawk Valley2.2%1.6%2.2%
New York City2.4%2.8%2.4%
North Country2.2%2.1%1.5%
Southern Tier1.4%1.5%1.6%
Western New York5.7%4.4%5.5%

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

BOROUGHMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAY
Bronx2.7%2.7%2.6%
Brooklyn1.9%2.7%2.3%
Manhattan1.8%1.9%1.9%
Queens3.2%3.4%2.8%
Staten Island4.3%4.8%3.7%

Of the 545,762 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

CountyTotal PositiveNew Positive
Albany4,33684
Allegany54340
Broome4,21548
Cattaraugus64215
Cayuga59421
Chautauqua1,18726
Chemung2,24144
Chenango4803
Clinton34413
Columbia85511
Cortland69215
Delaware2664
Dutchess6,00359
Erie16,540512
Essex2240
Franklin1619
Fulton3813
Genesee54114
Greene57410
Hamilton200
Herkimer4764
Jefferson2924
Lewis21015
Livingston4518
Madison68412
Monroe9,763249
Montgomery3044
Nassau52,897322
Niagara2,56459
NYC276,9761,662
Oneida3,32069
Onondaga7,211190
Ontario88919
Orange14,803102
Orleans48014
Oswego87131
Otsego4582
Putnam2,05929
Rensselaer1,25815
Rockland19,414137
Saratoga1,61128
Schenectady1,80225
Schoharie1374
Schuyler2088
Seneca1999
St. Lawrence52718
Steuben1,29529
Suffolk52,065321
Sullivan1,9408
Tioga91327
Tompkins76531
Ulster2,71723
Warren4952
Washington3900
Wayne71814
Westchester43,292352
Wyoming28716
Yates1824

Yesterday, 29 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,055. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
CountyNew Deaths
Albany1
Allegany2
Bronx2
Broome2
Chemung3
Dutchess1
Erie5
Franklin1
Greene1
Kings1
Manhattan2
Monroe2
Montgomery1
Oneida1
Queens1
Rensselaer1
Rockland1
Tioga1

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