Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide Positivity Drops Below 0.30% for First Time Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic

 

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity is 0.38%—Record Low for 23 Consecutive Days, Has Declined for 76 Consecutive Days

60,498 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours—Vaccination Rate is 70.9

Hospitalizations Drop Below 500 for First Time since September 22

4 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday—Lowest since September 28

 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combatting COVID-19.

"New Yorkers have done an incredible job beating back the virus and thanks to their determination, we have been able to begin getting back to normal," Governor Cuomo said. "However, make no mistake, we are not out of the woods yet and in order to protect the progress we have made, we must build on it. Every shot in the arm brings us a step closer to defeating COVID once and for all and that's why it's so critical for everyone to get vaccinated. There are no more excuses, so if you haven't gotten your shot yet, please do the responsible thing and get yours today."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 88,294
• Total Positive - 258
• Percent Positive - 0.29%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 0.39%
• Patient Hospitalization - 491 (-41)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 51
• Patients in ICU - 118 (-8)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 72 (-1)
• Total Discharges - 184,212 (+83)
• Deaths - 4
• Total Deaths - 42,918
• Total vaccine doses administered - 20,574,625
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 60,498
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 512,754
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 68.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 61.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 70.9%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 63.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 56.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 50.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 58.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 51.8%