Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees Another Slight Uptick In Cases

The Hudson Valley has seen a slight uptick in positive COVID-19 cases over the past three days, though statewide numbers continue trending in the right direction.

There has been a rise in COVID-19 cases in the Hudson Valley.
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Zak Failla

09/03/2020 4:35 p.m.

In the Hudson Valley, the positive infection rate over the past three days:

Monday, Aug. 31: 0.8 percent;
Tuesday, Sept. 1: 0.9 percent;
Wednesday, Sept. 2: 1.2 percent.

A breakdown of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, according to the Department of Health, as of Thursday, Sept. 3:

Westchester: 37,106 (49 new);
Rockland: 14,334 (29);
Orange: 11,478 (18);
Dutchess: 4,892 (14);
Ulster: 2,190 (12);
Sullivan: 1,537 (3);
Putnam: 1,518 (8).

Statewide, there have been 8,517,458 New Yorkers tested for COVID-19, resulting in 437,107 positive cases. There have been 25,343 virus-related deaths since the pandemic began in early March.

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