New York State coronavirus update for December 16

ALBANY, N.Y. (WUTR) — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“New Yorkers can stop a shutdown. New Yorkers can save lives. It just depends on what we do and what we need to do is manage the hospitals, administer the vaccine and slow the spread,” Cuomo said. “While we have been working with hospital systems to expand capacity, the first of the vaccine arrived and New York’s goal is to have the best vaccine program in the U.S. It’s the most ambitious governmental operation that has been undertaken, period. We have been planning for the vaccine, now we’re implementing that plan and we’re ensuring New Yorkers can access the vaccine free of charge. New Yorkers always set the bar high and with what we went through in the spring, I want to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to be the first state to kill this beast—so please, wear a mask, wash your hands and continue to socially distance.”

The major points from Tuesday’s coronavirus numbers, as reported by the governor on Wednesday, are below:

• Test Results Reported – 160,947
• New Cases – 9,998
• Percent Positive – 6.21 %
• Patient Hospitalization – 6,097 (+115)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 823
• Hospital Counties – 55
• Number ICU – 1,098 (+33)
• Number ICU with Intubation – 611 (+31)
• Total Discharges – 92,735 (+599)
• Deaths – 95
• Total Deaths – 28,100

The regional hospital bed capacity and occupancy numbers, including the number of hospitalizations as a percent of the region’s population, is as follows:

Region	Current COVID hospitalizations	Hospitalizations % of population	Seven-day average of hospital bed availability
Capital Region	306	0.03%	24%
Central New York	362	0.05%	26%
Finger Lakes	743	0.06%	26%
Long Island	1013	0.04%	21%
Mid-Hudson	722	0.03%	28%
Mohawk Valley	190	0.04%	27%
New York City	2000	0.02%	22%
North Country	57	0.01%	45%
Southern Tier	177	0.03%	40%
Western New York	527	0.04%	25%
Statewide	6097	0.03%	24%

The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:

Region	Total ICU beds	Occupied ICU beds	Seven-day average of ICU bed availability
Capital Region	257	179	39%
Central New York	290	189	33%
Finger Lakes	398	277	38%
Long Island	826	598	29%
Mid-Hudson	725	409	46%
Mohawk Valley	132	99	24%
New York City	2410	1646	26%
North Country	75	38	52%
Southern Tier	127	77	34%
Western New York	516	303	44%
Statewide	5,756	3,815	33%

On Wednesday, 160,947 test results were reported to New York, and 6.21% were positive. Each region’s seven-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Region	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Capital Region	5.89%	6.17%	6.23%
Central New York	7.11%	6.97%	6.96%
Finger Lakes	8.09%	8.17%	8.21%
Long Island	5.70%	5.67%	5.85%
Mid-Hudson	6.15%	6.15%	6.16%
Mohawk Valley	8.08%	8.13%	8.11%
New York City	4.04%	4.04%	4.14%
North Country	4.12%	4.08%	4.39%
Southern Tier	2.65%	2.23%	2.31%
Western New York	6.92%	7.05%	6.70%
Statewide	5.17%	5.12%	5.21%

Of the 804,555 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total positives	New Positives
Albany	8,405	191
Allegany	1,451	24
Broome	6,692	91
Cattaraugus	1,868	51
Cayuga	1,697	68
Chautauqua	2,458	35
Chemung	3,848	45
Chenango	917	25
Clinton	731	19
Columbia	1,258	14
Cortland	1,561	22
Delaware	534	9
Dutchess	9,642	160
Erie	34,181	388
Essex	402	20
Franklin	485	9
Fulton	921	38
Genesee	1,721	48
Greene	914	20
Hamilton	73	3
Herkimer	1,279	41
Jefferson	1,121	36
Lewis	603	16
Livingston	1,206	38
Madison	1,684	63
Monroe	24,946	653
Montgomery	857	29
Nassau	72,904	782
Niagara	6,258	114
NYC	365,758	3,531
Oneida	8,368	197
Onondaga	16,054	332
Ontario	2,203	49
Orange	20,114	222
Orleans	923	19
Oswego	2,547	60
Otsego	941	26
Putnam	3,919	50
Rensselaer	2,789	77
Rockland	24,555	221
Saratoga	3,716	117
Schenectady	4,014	90
Schoharie	378	22
Schuyler	400	5
Seneca	509	3
St. Lawrence	1,409	37
Steuben	2,531	57
Suffolk	77,681	1,056
Sullivan	2,510	27
Tioga	1,407	18
Tompkins	1,637	24
Ulster	4,547	62
Warren	775	11
Washington	606	9
Wayne	1,790	47
Westchester	60,540	549
Wyoming	939	25
Yates	378	3

Yesterday, 95 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 28,100. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New deaths
Albany	1
Bronx	2
Broome	2
Chautauqua	1
Chemung	1
Columbia	1
Cortland	1
Dutchess	1
Erie	12
Genesee	2
Kings	3
Madison	4
Manhattan	3
Monroe	7
Nassau	2
Niagara	3
Oneida	4
Onondaga	12
Ontario	1
Orange	1
Otsego	1
Queens	5
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	3
Rockland	1
Saratoga	1
Schenectady	2
Schuyler	1
St. Lawrence	1
Steuben	1
Suffolk	7
Westchester	6
Yates	1