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: New York Public Personnel LawGovernor Cuomo's October 17, 2020 update of the State's Progress during COVID-19 Pandemic
The Positive Testing Rate in Hot Spot Areas is 4.84 Percent; New York State Positivity Without Red Zone Focus Areas Included is 1.14 Percent
On October 16, 2020 there were 10 COVID-19 deaths in New York State
On October 17, 2020 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In "Red Zone" focus areas included as part of the Governor's Cluster Action Initiative, the positivity rate for test results reported yesterday is 4.84 percent - unchanged from the day before.
Within the "Red Zone" focus areas, 4,133 test results were reported October 16, 2020,, yielding 200 positives or a 4.84 percent positivity rate. In the remainder of the state, not counting these "Red Zone" focus areas, 131,906 test results were reported, yielding 1,507 positives or a 1.14 percent positivity rate. The state's overall positivity rate is 1.25 percent with focus areas included. The "Red Zone" focus areas are home to 2.8 percent of the state population yet had 11.7 percent of all positive test results reported to the state yesterday, and 11.9 percent of all positive case results reported to the state this current week.
| FOCUS ZONE | 9/27-10/3 % Positive | 10/4- 10/10 % Positive | Period 10/11 - 10/15 % Positive | 10/14 % Positive | 10/15 % Positive |
| Brooklyn red-zone focus area % positive | 6.69% | 5.86% | 5.47% | 4.75% | 5.47% |
| Queens % red-zone focus area % positive | 2.97% | 3.36% | 2.50% | 2.15% | 2.03% |
| Rockland % red-zone focus area % positive | 12.29% | 9.77% | 5.08% | 8.40% | 11.26% |
| Orange red-zone focus area % positive | 24.64% | 12.41% | 5.90% | 7.95% | 3.10% |
| All red-zone focus area % positive | 6.91% | 6.13% | 4.76% | 4.84% | 4.84% |
| Statewide % positive with red-zone focus areas included | 1.25% | 1.18% | 1.19% | 1.09% | 1.25% |
| Statewide % positive without red-zone focus areas included | 1.02% | 1.01% | 1.08% | 0.99% | 1.14% |
October 17, 2020 data is summarized below:
- Patient Hospitalization - 918 (+21)
- Patients Newly Admitted - 143
- Hospital Counties - 42
- Number ICU - 200 (+3)
- Number ICU with Intubation - 97 (+2)
- Total Discharges - 78,117 (+111)
- Deaths - 10
- Total Deaths - 25, 628
Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over October 13, 14, and 15, 2020:
| REGION | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY |
| Capital Region | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Central New York | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Finger Lakes | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Long Island | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mid-Hudson | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Mohawk Valley | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| New York City | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| North Country | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Southern Tier | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| Western New York | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
Each New York City borough's percentage of positive test results reported this same period:
