ALERT CENTER: COVID-19 numbers spiking across the state and Mid-Hudson region
The latest numbers show New York's positivity rate is 5.78%, whereas it was 4.01% one month ago.
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Dec 15, 2021, 10:15 AM
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Updated 954 days ago
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298ds agoNew COVID-19 numbers are showing that New York is heading in the wrong direction as Christmas approaches.
The latest numbers show New York's positivity rate is 5.78%, whereas it was 4.01% one month ago.
The rate for the Mid-Hudson region is now at 4.59%. A month ago the rate was 2.55% so it has nearly doubled.
Here is the latest
7-day average rate per county:
- Rockland - 2.7%
- Westchester - 3.9%
- Dutchess - 5.6%
- Putnam - 6.3%
- Orange – 6.8%
Gov. Kathy Hochul says COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people are up 58% since Thanksgiving. That number was 43% just last week.
While hospitalizations are not where they were last year, admissions are up 70% since Thanksgiving.
The worst news is that the U.S. death toll from the virus has reached 800,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
