Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress During COVID-19 Pandemic

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.19 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.50 Percent

Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.80 Percent

25 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-19 is spreading in New York, and the increased number of cases is taking place throughout the state. This is not an Upstate or downstate issue—all New Yorkers, regardless of where they live, have cause for concern," Governor Cuomo said. "We are continuing to use a comprehensive micro-cluster strategy and increase our testing capacity to new heights. However, our success also depends on the vigilance and smart behavior of New Yorkers. Wash your hands, stay socially distanced and wear a mask. Local governments, do the enforcement. We're going to get through this pandemic, but only if we do it together and stay New York Tough."

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.19 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.50 percent. Within the focus areas, 22,117 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 927 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 102,448 test results were reported, yielding 2,563 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

FOCUS ZONE	10/25- 10/31 % Positive	11/1- 11/7 % Positive	Current 7-day rolling average	Day Prior (11/14) % Positive	Yesterday (11/15) % Positive
Brooklyn orange-zone focus area % positive	4.78%	3.33%	3.62%	3.18%	3.50%
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.65%	2.96%	3.46%	3.23%	3.88%
Rockland yellow-zone focus area % positive	4.08%	2.96%	2.25%	3.21%	2.93%
Orange yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.37%	1.96%	2.73%	2.34%	0.00%
Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive	6.00%	4.13%	3.15%	3.07%	3.47%
Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive	5.52%	6.45%	4.33%	5.14%	1.57%
Westchester orange-zone focus area % positive	6.20%	7.46%	9.01%	4.05%	3.95%
Erie yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.86%	5.35%	7.26%	6.62%	6.36%
Monroe yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.22%	4.06%	5.30%	4.68%	4.77%
Onondaga yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.83%	4.68%	6.53%	5.40%	5.84%
Staten Island yellow-zone focus area % positive	2.58%	3.00%	4.24%	3.49%	3.23%
Tioga yellow-zone focus area % positive	5.83%	10.03%	10.12%	7.32%	6.25%
All focus area statewide % positive	3.04%	3.83%	4.74%	4.05%	4.19%
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included	1.54%	1.95%	2.86%	2.74%	2.80%
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included	1.34%	1.81%	2.48%	2.45%	2.50%

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 1,968 (+123)
Patients Newly Admitted - 265
Hospital Counties - 50
Number ICU - 391 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 158 (+0)
Total Discharges - 81,908 (+120)
Deaths - 25
Total Deaths - 26,159

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

REGION	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Capital Region	2.0%	2.0%	2.3%
Central New York	3.9%	4.6%	3.9%
Finger Lakes	3.8%	4.3%	4.3%
Long Island	3.3%	2.7%	3.5%
Mid-Hudson	3.9%	3.6%	3.0%
Mohawk Valley	4.6%	2.0%	1.7%
New York City	2.5%	2.2%	2.3%
North Country	2.5%	1.8%	1.8%
Southern Tier	1.1%	2.4%	1.4%
Western New York	4.6%	5.6%	5.2%

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

BOROUGH	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Bronx	2.8%	2.6%	2.5%
Brooklyn	2.1%	2.1%	1.9%
Manhattan	1.8%	1.6%	1.6%
Queens	2.9%	2.5%	3.3%
Staten Island	4.4%	3.5%	3.1%

Of the 563,690 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	4,572	43
Allegany	650	6
Broome	4,431	37
Cattaraugus	683	5
Cayuga	639	7
Chautauqua	1,248	9
Chemung	2,380	18
Chenango	506	5
Clinton	380	3
Columbia	886	5
Cortland	771	21
Delaware	280	3
Dutchess	6,224	39
Erie	18,018	272
Essex	231	1
Franklin	189	1
Fulton	401	8
Genesee	615	12
Greene	587	2
Hamilton	26	0
Herkimer	504	13
Jefferson	332	8
Lewis	247	10
Livingston	499	11
Madison	727	9
Monroe	10,680	227
Montgomery	325	3
Nassau	54,309	295
Niagara	2,753	45
NYC	283,341	1,285
Oneida	3,603	34
Onondaga	7,892	143
Ontario	969	14
Orange	15,182	58
Orleans	521	6
Oswego	987	19
Otsego	466	3
Putnam	2,186	33
Rensselaer	1,333	12
Rockland	19,904	61
Saratoga	1,694	14
Schenectady	1,890	19
Schoharie	145	2
Schuyler	231	3
Seneca	214	5
St. Lawrence	573	5
Steuben	1,434	18
Suffolk	53,653	345
Sullivan	1,981	2
Tioga	957	6
Tompkins	811	5
Ulster	2,800	12
Warren	507	0
Washington	404	1
Wayne	780	23
Westchester	44,576	230
Wyoming	354	11
Yates	209	3

Yesterday, 25 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,159. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	1
Broome	1
Dutchess	1
Erie	9
Kings	2
Madison	1
Nassau	2
Oneida	1
Onondaga	1
Queens	1
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	1
Tioga	1
Westchester	2