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Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Soars Past 6 Percent As Cases Continue To Climb
The Hudson Valley's COVID-19 infection rate has increased past 6 percent in the most recent update from state officials.
New York State officials reported a total of 22,478 additional COVID-19 cases and 267,422 tests in its update on Sunday, Dec. 19.
The state also reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 in the past two days, with New York now surpassing 60,000 deaths during the pandemic, with the new total 60,253.
State officials said the seven-day average number of cases per 100,000 people in the mid-Hudson region increased from 58.04 cases on Thursday, Dec. 16, to 63.…
Covid-19: NY Seven-Day Infection Rate Now At Lowest Level In Months; Latest From Hudson Valley
The seven-day rolling positive infection rate for New Yorkers being tested for COVID-19 is at its lowest in several months as the state, and Hudson Valley, continue recovering from the holiday wave of new infections.
Statewide, the positive infection rate is at 2.80 percent, the lowest since mid-November, while there are 823 COVID-19 patients in ICU, and 504 intubated with the virus, both the lowest in New York since early December.
In the Hudson Valley, the positivity rate continues to drop, down to 3.19 percent on Monday, April 19 after peaking above 4.5 percent less than a week ago. Less…
Covid-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Hudson Valley Cases By County, Other Data
For the first time in nearly a week, the Hudson Valley saw a downtick - however small - in its positive COVID-19 infection rate as the region reported more than 1,000 new cases for the second straight day.
According to the state Department of Health, the average seven-day COVID-19 infection rate is down to 4.66 percent on Wednesday, March 17, from 4.67 percent the day before, still the highest rate in the state, ahead of Long Island (4.49 percent), and New York City (4.15 percent).
A total of 1,090 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Hudson Valley out of thousands of tests adminis…
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Positive-Test Rate Increase; Latest Breakdown By County
The positive COVID-19 infection rate of those tested in the Hudson Valley has dipped slightly, but stayed relatively steady as New York continues combating the new "holiday surge" of the virus.
In the past three days, the positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley rose from 8.33 percent on Monday, Jan. 4, down to 8.18 percent the following day, and back up to 8.21 percent on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Hospitalizations are down slightly, to 951 in the Hudson Valley, down from 986 earlier this week on Tuesday, Jan. 5. The number represents 0.04 percent of the region's population.
As of Thursday, J…
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees 663 New Cases, Uptick In Testing Rate; Latest County Totals
The Hudson Valley saw an uptick in the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing as well as 663 new cases, according to newly released data on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Here are positivity testing rates for the last three days in the Hudson Valley:
Sunday, Nov. 8: 3.7 percent
Monday, Nov. 9: 3.6 percent
Tuesday, Nov. 10: 3.7 percent
Here's a rundown of new cases in each of the Hudson Valley's seven counties:
Westchester, 244
Orange, 148
Rockland, 144
Dutchess, 65
Putnam, 26
Ulster, 24
Sullivan, 12
There were 21 COVID deaths statewide on Tuesday, with four in the Hudson Valley (two in Westchester an…
