Cuomo announces record high COVID tests for 2 straight days

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Black Friday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that 219,442 COVID-19 test results were reported to the state on Thursday—a new record high for the second straight day.

“All the global experts say the same thing: This virus has phases, and as the phase changes your plan should change. We’re seeing an increase with the numbers across the country and within our own state. It started with the fall, and it’s going to continue and probably worsen in the winter,” Cuomo said.

Thursday’s data, released by the Office of the Governor, is summarized:

Patient Hospitalization – 3,103 (+47)
Patients Newly Admitted – 471
Hospital Counties – 54
Number ICU – 636 (+8)
Number ICU with Intubation – 294 (+8)
Total Discharges – 84,723 (+384)
Deaths – 39
Total Deaths – 26,588

Cuomo said the positive testing rate in all focus areas is 5.69%, though outside the focus areas, it’s 3.13%. In focus areas, 50,972 test results were reported on Thanksgiving, with 2,901 positives. Elsewhere in the state, not counting focus areas, 168,470 tests were reported, yielding 5,275 positives:

	% positive (11/8-11/14)	% positive (11/15-11/21)	Current seven-day rolling average	% positive (11/25)	% positive (11/26)
Microcluster focus areas only	4.81%	4.51%	4.74%	4.90%	5.69%
Statewide including focus areas	2.86%	2.89%	3.17%	3.18%	3.72%
Statewide excluding focus areas	2.47%	2.44%	2.70%	2.68%	3.13%

Here’s the data by microcluser:

Microcluster	% positive (11/8-11/14)	% positive (11/15-11/21)	Seven-day rolling average (11/25)	Seven-day rolling average (11/26)	Current seven-day rolling average
Erie County orange zone	7.22%	7.30%	6.94%	6.81%	7.07%
Erie County yellow zone	5.34%	7.36%	6.69%	6.92%	6.93%
Niagara County yellow zone	5.10%	4.44%	5.56%	6.14%	6.90%
Monroe County orange zone	4.41%	4.17%	4.72%	4.99%	5.46%
Monroe County yellow zone	5.95%	3.58%	3.72%	4.06%	4.39%
Onondaga County orange zone	6.26%	5.34%	4.91%	4.95%	4.62%
Onondaga County yellow zone	6.03%	4.50%	4.23%	4.23%	4.01%
Queens yellow zone	3.40%	3.40%	3.15%	3.25%	3.39%
Bronx East yellow zone	3.81%	3.52%	3.84%	4.27%	4.48%
Bronx West yellow zone	3.80%	4.70%	4.55%	4.55%	4.43%
Brooklyn yellow zone	3.92%	3.70%	4.44%	4.51%	4.94%
Rockland County yellow zone	3.55%	3.39%	3.03%	3.25%	3.53%
Chemung County orange zone	4.59%	4.71%	5.19%	5.68%	5.92%
Staten Island orange zone	5.24%	4.96%	4.99%	4.83%	4.86%
Staten Island yellow zone	3.75%	3.61%	3.65%	3.71%	3.90%
Tioga County yellow zone	10.81%	5.60%	2.95%	2.52%	2.67%
Orange County yellow zone	3.81%	5.41%	3.52%	3.01%	3.35%
Orange Newburgh yellow zone	8.07%	7.89%	8.78%	8.48%	8.98%
Manhattan yellow zone	3.23%	3.39%	2.98%	3.10%	3.23%
Great Neck yellow zone	3.69%	3.69%	3.45%	3.09%	3.35%
Massapequa Park yellow zone	4.64%	4.15%	3.78%	3.97%	4.88%
Hampton Bays yellow zone	9.26%	5.69%	5.24%	6.17%	6.49%
Riverhead yellow zone	4.80%	4.85%	4.34%	3.90%	3.84%
Peekskill yellow zone	10.36%	7.15%	6.73%	5.64%	5.69%
Ossining yellow zone	9.88%	10.22%	9.86%	9.93%	9.84%
Tarrytown yellow zone	8.47%	8.27%	7.40%	7.78%	7.89%
Yonkers yellow zone	4.48%	4.11%	4.32%	4.35%	4.85%
New Rochelle yellow zone	6.46%	5.68%	4.99%	5.75%	5.80%
Port Chester orange zone	9.34%	7.59%	7.81%	8.15%	7.87%

Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is below:

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Current seven-day rolling average
Capital Region	2.4%	3.1%	3.7%	2.64%
Central New York	4.6%	3.8%	4.0%	3.66%
Finger Lakes	5.8%	6.1%	5.7%	4.19%
Long Island	4.0%	3.3%	3.8%	3.47%
Mid-Hudson	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%	4.06%
Mohawk Valley	5.0%	3.3%	3.6%	3.42%
New York City	2.7%	2.4%	2.8%	2.56%
North Country	3.3%	2.1%	2.9%	2.35%
Southern Tier	2.0%	2.1%	1.8%	1.52%
Western New York	6.6%	5.6%	8.1%	6.28%

Of the 628,375 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	5,555	129
Allegany	983	53
Broome	5,201	58
Cattaraugus	1,058	61
Cayuga	822	28
Chautauqua	1,516	36
Chemung	2,955	83
Chenango	623	18
Clinton	448	5
Columbia	1,005	17
Cortland	979	22
Delaware	342	6
Dutchess	7,021	91
Erie	23,933	862
Essex	278	3
Franklin	259	4
Fulton	484	6
Genesee	932	42
Greene	675	14
Hamilton	42	0
Herkimer	645	14
Jefferson	500	13
Lewis	345	8
Livingston	671	16
Madison	898	20
Monroe	14,338	521
Montgomery	466	6
Nassau	59,238	671
Niagara	3,599	154
NYC	305,080	2,558
Oneida	4,655	140
Onondaga	10,248	224
Ontario	1,250	48
Orange	16,555	150
Orleans	604	6
Oswego	1,436	31
Otsego	596	9
Putnam	2,682	67
Rensselaer	1,666	41
Rockland	21,258	147
Saratoga	2,151	62
Schenectady	2,353	70
Schoharie	190	7
Schuyler	296	7
Seneca	276	7
St. Lawrence	784	41
Steuben	1,714	36
Suffolk	59,273	711
Sullivan	2,156	19
Tioga	1,095	15
Tompkins	1,043	43
Ulster	3,238	58
Warren	571	2
Washington	440	1
Wayne	1,083	31
Westchester	49,102	661
Wyoming	517	18
Yates	252	5

On Thanksgiving, 39 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 26,588. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	New Deaths
Albany	4
Bronx	1
Broome	2
Chemung	1
Erie	6
Kings	3
Manhattan	1
Monroe	3
Niagara	2
Oneida	3
Onondaga	1
Orange	2
Orleans	1
Queens	1
Richmond	2
Rockland	1
Saratoga	1
Schenectady	1
Tioga	1
Westchester	2