Cuomo: Virus positivity rate in NY lowest since Thanksgiving
Hospitalizations are continuing to decline and the rate of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 has fallen to the lowest mark since before Thanksgiving, state officials said Saturday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state’s seven-day rolling average positivity rate has fallen 43 straight days, hitting 3.5% on Friday. The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus, meanwhile, fell below 6,000 for the first time since Dec. 14.
The state said 97 New Yorkers died of the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the state’s official death total to 37,776.