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December 14, 2020
Albany, NY
Yellow Precautionary Zone expanded into Niagara County; New Yellow Precautionary Zones in Genesee and Oneida Provinces
5,712 hospital admissions of patients statewide
1,040 patients in the ICU; 572 intubated
Statewide positivity rate is 5.66%
83 COVID-19 Deaths Yesterday in Upstate New York
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced updated COVID-19 microcluster focus zones in New York State. Niagara County’s Yellow Precautionary Zone is being expanded. New yellow precautionary zones are being added for Batavia, Genesee County, and for Rome and Utica, Oneida County.
“There is no politics or rhetoric in the number of people entering the hospital, and the increase in hospital admissions could overwhelm some regions if nothing changes in January”, Governor Cuomo said. “That’s the journey we’re looking at and trying to change. We’re simultaneously increasing hospital capacity and frankly changing the way hospitals operate. At the same time, we need to slow down the spread by doing what we know works – social distance, masks. “Wearing and avoiding gatherings. If we don’t, we know what’s closing off a region. It’s called a red zone. That’s the situation we’re trying to avoid.”
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On Friday, the NYS Dept. of Health the new statistics, including in the state’s winter plan, for when an area qualifies for a “yellow zone” microcluster area. The geographic area is eligible to enter a yellow zone if it has a 3 percent positivity rate in the past 10 days (average over seven days) and in the top 10 percent in the state for hospital admissions per capita in the past week and experience a week-to-week growth in daily intakes. Based on this criterion, the following areas are currently referred to as yellow precautionary zones:
Adjustments to the current focus zones of microclusters
Niagara County – Click here for a map
The current Niagara microcluster will be expanded to include other areas in the province with high positivity and increasing hospital admissions, meeting the yellow zone designation standards.
New focus zones
Genesee County – Click here for a map
A new yellow precautionary zone is being established in Batavia, which meets the standards for yellow zone designation and accounts for the majority of hospital admissions from the province in the past two weeks.
Oneida County – Click here for a map
A new yellow precautionary zone will be established in the areas of Rome and Utica, which account for the vast majority of hospital admissions from the province and meet the yellow zone designation standards.
There is no politics or rhetoric in the number of people entering the hospital, and the increase in hospital admissions could overwhelm some regions if nothing changes in January
Today’s data is briefly summarized below:
- Test results reported – 159,844
- Hospitalization of the patient – 5712 (+302)
- Patients who have just been admitted – 678
- Hospital counties – 56
- Number ICU – 1040 (+31)
- Number ICU with intubation – 572 (+5)
- Total discharges – 91760 (+394)
- Deaths – 83
- Total number of deaths – 27,870
The regional capacity and occupancy of hospital beds, including the number of hospital admissions as a percentage of the region’s population, is as follows:
|
Region |
COVID patients currently in hospital in region |
COVID patients as a percentage of the regional population |
Percentage of available hospital beds in the region (average over 7 days) |
|
Capital Region |
269 |
0.02% |
25% |
|
Central New York |
340 |
0.04% |
24% |
|
Finger Lakes |
681 |
0.06% |
24% |
|
Long Island |
935 |
0.03% |
19% |
|
Mid-Hudson |
705 |
0.03% |
26% |
|
Mohawk Valley |
193 |
0.04% |
25% |
|
New York City |
1857 |
0.02% |
19% |
|
Northern country |
53 |
0.01% |
46% |
|
Southern low |
153 |
0.02% |
40% |
|
Western New York |
526 |
0.04% |
25% |
|
Statewide |
5712 |
0.03% |
23% |
The regional capacity and occupancy of ICU beds are as follows:
|
Region |
Total number of ICU beds in the region |
Total occupied ICU beds in the region |
Percentage of ICU beds available in the region (7-day average) |
|
Capital Region |
269 |
171 |
42% |
|
Central New York |
290 |
194 |
32% |
|
Finger Lakes |
403 |
268 |
43% |
|
Long Island |
845 |
583 |
28% |
|
Mid-Hudson |
741 |
394 |
48% |
|
Mohawk Valley |
129 |
98 |
23% |
|
New York City |
2338 |
1664 |
25% |
|
Northern country |
71 |
35 |
52% |
|
Southern low |
129 |
88 |
33% |
|
Western New York |
516 |
286 |
46% |
|
NYS TOTAL |
5731 |
3781 |
33% |
The average percentage of positive test results over the past three days for each region is as follows:
|
REGION |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
|
Capital Region |
5.52% |
5.62% |
5.89% |
|
Central New York |
6.73% |
7.22% |
7.11% |
|
Finger Lakes |
8.04% |
8.12% |
8.09% |
|
Long Island |
5.58% |
5.62% |
5.70% |
|
Mid-Hudson |
6.10% |
6.01% |
6.15% |
|
Mohawk Valley |
7.98% |
8.02% |
8.08% |
|
New York City |
3.99% |
4.01% |
4.04% |
|
Northern country |
4.23% |
4.06% |
4.12% |
|
Southern low |
2.20% |
2.30% |
2.65% |
|
Western New York |
6.84% |
6.94% |
6.92% |
|
Statewide |
5.03% |
5.07% |
5.17% |
The 7-day mean percentage of positive test results from each New York City borough reported for the past three days is as follows:
|
BOROUGH |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
|
Bronx |
4.62% |
4.54% |
4.47% |
|
Brooklyn |
3.96% |
4.00% |
4.04% |
|
Manhattan |
2.51% |
2.56% |
2.63% |
|
Queens |
4.52% |
4.57% |
4.62% |
|
Staten Island |
6.06% |
5.70% |
5.64% |
Out of a total of 784,204 individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
|
Province |
Totally positive |
New positive |
|
Albany |
8,050 |
162 |
|
Allegany |
1,403 |
8 |
|
Broome |
6,532 |
72 |
|
Cattaraugus |
1,783 |
21 |
|
Cayuga |
1,581 |
37 |
|
Chautauqua |
2,365 |
42 |
|
Chemung |
3776 |
33 |
|
Chenango |
880 |
12 |
|
Clinton |
698 |
41 |
|
Columbia |
1,225 |
21 |
|
Cortland |
1,513 |
35 |
|
Delaware |
520 |
8 |
|
Dutchess |
9,290 |
144 |
|
Erie |
33,397 |
388 |
|
Essex |
375 |
2 |
|
Franklin |
459 |
16 |
|
Fulton |
851 |
26 |
|
Genesee |
1,646 |
44 |
|
Greene |
881 |
11 |
|
Hamilton |
68 |
0 |
|
Herkimer |
1.196 |
33 |
|
Jefferson |
1047 |
37 |
|
Lewis |
574 |
7 |
|
Livingston |
1.135 |
24 |
|
Madison |
1,592 |
20 |
|
Monroe |
23,745 |
542 |
|
Montgomery |
796 |
30 |
|
Nassau |
71,214 |
739 |
|
Niagara |
6,016 |
110 |
|
NYC |
358,081 |
3.029 |
|
Oneida |
8,009 |
165 |
|
Onondaga |
15,481 |
299 |
|
Ontario |
2,108 |
55 |
|
Orange |
19,756 |
220 |
|
Orleans |
887 |
27 |
|
Oswego |
2,440 |
51 |
|
Otsego |
904 |
22 |
|
Putnam |
3795 |
52 |
|
Rensselaer |
2,631 |
62 |
|
Rockland |
24,183 |
192 |
|
Saratoga |
3,477 |
111 |
|
Schenectady |
3781 |
113 |
|
Schoharie |
342 |
16 |
|
Schuyler |
389 |
6 |
|
Seneca |
498 |
16 |
|
St. Lawrence |
1,353 |
14 |
|
Steuben |
2,443 |
35 |
|
Suffolk |
75,454 |
1087 |
|
Sullivan |
2,469 |
14 |
|
Tioga |
1,379 |
12 |
|
Tompkins |
1,593 |
37 |
|
Ulster |
4,393 |
66 |
|
Warren |
756 |
2 |
|
Washington |
587 |
13 |
|
Wayne |
1,709 |
47 |
|
Westchester |
59,431 |
594 |
|
Wyoming |
895 |
12 |
|
Yates |
372 |
10 |
Yesterday, 83 New Yorkers died as a result of COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 27,870. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by country of residence:
|
Deaths by place of residence |
|
|
Province |
New deaths |
|
Albany |
2 |
|
Bronx |
2 |
|
Broome |
2 |
|
Chemung |
3 |
|
Cortland |
4 |
|
Erie |
8 |
|
Genesee |
2 |
|
Jefferson |
1 |
|
Kings |
3 |
|
Madison |
2 |
|
Manhattan |
2 |
|
Monroe |
6 |
|
Nassau |
3 |
|
Niagara |
3 |
|
Oneida |
3 |
|
Onondaga |
3 |
|
Orange |
3 |
|
Otsego |
1 |
|
Queens |
7 |
|
Richmond |
4 |
|
Rockland |
2 |
|
Schenectady |
1 |
|
Seneca |
1 |
|
St. Lawrence |
1 |
|
Suffolk |
5 |
|
Tompkins |
2 |
|
Westchester |
6 |
|
Wyoming |
1 |