Governor Cuomo Announces New York State Has Nation's Lowest 7-Day Average COVID-19 Positivity Rate

 

COVID-19 Positivity Rate Hits Record Lows for 15 Straight Days; Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity is 0.44%—Has Declined for 68 Consecutive Days, Lowest in the Country Per Johns Hopkins University

More Than 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered in New York State

104,457 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours; Statewide Vaccination Rate is 69.5%

Hospitalizations Drop Below 700; Intubations Drop Below 100

11 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that according to Johns Hopkins University, New York State has the nation's lowest 7-day average COVID-19 positivity rate at 0.44 percent.

"We're beating back COVID-19 across the state and New York has the nation's lowest 7-day average positivity rate, but it's going to take more vaccinations to get us across the finish line," Governor Cuomo said. "The more shots we get in arms, the healthier our state becomes, and that's why we're offering exciting incentives for vaccinations. If New Yorkers who haven't yet gotten the shot do so promptly, we can defeat COVID-19 for good and rebuild our state for a brighter future."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 141,568
• Total Positive - 533
• Percent Positive - 0.38%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.44%
• Patient Hospitalization - 681 (-28)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 88
• Patients in ICU - 169 (-12)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 96 (-5)
• Total Discharges - 183,562 (+107)
• Deaths - 11
• Total Deaths - 42,856
• Total vaccine doses administered - 20,016,043
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 104,457
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 608,238
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 67.2%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 60.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.5%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 60.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 55.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 48.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 57.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 49.3%