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In Ulster County, there were 14 new deaths reported, bringing the total to 126 since the pandemic began in March. Health officials in Sullivan reported one new COVID-19 fatality as the death toll hit 54.
There are now 2,034 active COVID-19 in Ulster County as of Tuesday, Dec. 22, up from 1,905 last week. In Sullivan, the number of active cases rose from 144 last week to 248 for a total of 2,282 in the area.
According to the latest data from the state Department of Health, there were 17 new COVID-19 cases reported in Sullivan in 24 hours, with another 76 in Ulster.
A total of 184,110 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Ulster since March, resulting in a total of 5,199 positive cases. Health officials in Sullivan have seen 2,629 confirmed cases out of 58,140 tests.
A breakdown of active and confirmed cases in Ulster, as of Dec. 22 according to the county Department of Health:
- City of Kingston: 335 active (765 confirmed);
- Lloyd: 255 (513);
- Unknown: 208 (311);
- Saugerties: 195 (397);
- Ulster: 176 (513);
- New Paltz: 139 (368);
- Shawangunk: 109 (312);
- Plattekill: 106 (361);
- Marlborough: 105 (329);
- Esopus: 85 (204);
- Gardiner: 53 (114);
- Wawarsing: 49 (260);
- Rochester: 41 (102);
- Hurley: 40 (115);
- Woodstock: 32 (81);
- Marbletown: 31 (75);
- Rosendale: 24 (81);
- Olive: 21 (47);
- Shandaken: 16 (30);
- Denning: 6 (10);
- Town of Kingston: 1 (3).
There have been no reported cases in Hardenburg.
Specific data about Sullivan County municipalities was not available on Dec. 22.
There were 164,868 COVID-19 tests administered statewide, with 9,716 New Yorkers testing positive for a 5.89 percent infection rate. There are currently 6,661 hospitalized with the virus and there were 139 newly reported deaths.
Statewide, 857,049 New Yorkers have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 23.47 million tests administered in the past 10 months, including 28,709 fatalities.
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