Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide 7-day Average Positivity Drops Below .50% for the First Time since COVID-19 Crisis Began

 

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity is 0.48% -- Has Declined for 65 Consecutive Days -- Lowest in the Country per Johns Hopkins University

Statewide Average Positivity is 0.37% -- Lowest Since COVID-19 Crisis Began

101,624 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours -- Statewide Vaccination Rate is 69.1%

777 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide

11 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced New York State's 7-day average positivity rate has dropped below 0.50% for the first time since the onset of the COVID crisis, to 0.48%, the lowest in the nation per Johns Hopkins University. The state's single-day positivity rate, 0.37%, is also the lowest single-day rate the state has seen since the onset of the crisis.

"With COVID-19 numbers trending downward for so many consecutive days, we are well on our way to fully reopening to a reimagined New York State," Governor Cuomo said. "Warm weather activities across the state are in full swing, happening in front of audiences that have received their COVID-19 vaccination. If you haven't already, I encourage you to get your vaccine as soon as possible so that you may enjoy all that our beautiful state has to offer with your loved ones." 

  

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 113,709 
• Total Positive - 426 
• Percent Positive - 0.37% 
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.48% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 777 (-19) 
• Patients Newly Admitted - 102 
• Patients in ICU - 195 (-11) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 120 (0) 
• Total Discharges - 183,250 (+93) 
• Deaths - 11 
• Total Deaths - 42,824 
• Total vaccine doses administered - 19,716,297 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 101,624 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 566,758 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose -66.6% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 59.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 60.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 55.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 47.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) -57.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 48.7%