NY State Health Dept. COVID positive test rates at 3.3 % in Monroe County, 3.01 % across state

ALBANY, N.Y. (WHEC) — Governor Andrew Cuomo provided Saturday’s COVID data for NY State:

Of the 145,813 COVID tests reported Friday, 3.01% were positive.

1,121 New York residents are hospitalized with coronavirus.

The governor report the deaths of 11 COVID patients.

More people in New York state are getting vaccinated.
76.3% of adults in the state have received at least one vaccine dose, and 69.1% have completed their vaccine series per the CDC.

In the past 24 hours, nearly 50,000 doses were administered bringing the total to 22,548,493 doses administered to date.

The NY State Heatlh Department’s COVID-19 Tracker shows Monroe County with 177 new positive tests on Saturday which equates to 3.3% of tests in the county.

In the Finger Lakes area, here are the current COVID-19 positive test rates for Saturday, according to the state COVID-19 tracker data:

• Wyoming 4.1%
• Orleans 3.8%
• Genesee 3.5%
• Monroe 3.3%
• Ontario 2.9%
• Wayne 2.9%
• Seneca 2.9%
• Livingston 2.6%
• Yates 2.4%