More than 8% of COVID-19 test results in Central New York were positive on Friday

For reference, according to the state, Central New York is made up of five counties; Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Of all ten regions in New York State, Central New York had the highest COVID-19 positive rate Friday, with more than eight percent of all test results in the region coming back positive.

Considering the region’s average COVID-19 positive rate over the last seven days has been around four percent, the 8.4% that tested positive Friday raises a cause for concern. According to the New York State Health Department, it’s the highest positive rate for the region in a single day since May 7.

However, on May 7 the Central New York region only performed 614 COVID-19 tests compared to the 4,475 tests that were performed throughout the region Friday. So, although the positive rates may be similar, hundreds of more people tested positive for the virus in Central New York on Friday than they did on May 7.

The COVID-19 positive rate was also on the rise in other parts of the state Friday, as 3.98% of all test results came back positive. This is the highest positive rate the state has seen since May 20.

Hospitalizations also saw a relatively large increase Friday, and now more than 3,200 New Yorkers are in the hospital battling the virus.

Tragically, 42 more people lost their lives to the virus in New York State on Friday.

Friday’s complete COVID-19 data provided by the New York State Health Department on Saturday:

Patient Hospitalization – 3,287 (+184)
Patients Newly Admitted – 433
Number ICU – 654 (+18)
Number ICU with Intubation – 331 (+37)
Total Discharges – 84,938 (+215)
Deaths – 42
Total Deaths – 26,632

Parts of Onondaga County are also considered hot zones, with some of the county under an orange zone and other parts in a yellow zone.

Test results Friday showed a 5.1% positive rate in the orange zone and a 4.6% positive rate in the yellow zone. These numbers show a slight increase from the positive rates the regions were averaging over the past seven days.

Also on Friday, Onondaga County had its 10,000th person test positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

COVID-19 positive rates for all ten regions in New York State over the last three days:

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Capital Region	3.1%	3.7%	3.4%	2.76%
Central New York	3.8%	4.0%	8.4%	4.06%
Finger Lakes	6.1%	5.7%	6.6%	4.48%
Long Island	3.3%	3.8%	3.4%	3.56%
Mid-Hudson	4.1%	4.7%	4.8%	4.22%
Mohawk Valley	3.3%	3.6%	4.7%	3.56%
New York City	2.4%	2.8%	2.9%	2.61%
North Country	2.1%	2.9%	3.1%	2.45%
Southern Tier	2.1%	1.8%	4.4%	1.73%
Western New York	5.6%	8.1%	7.4%	6.53%

In New York State as a whole, 634,438 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Breakdown of cases by county:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	5,618	63
Allegany	997	14
Broome	5,234	33
Cattaraugus	1,075	17
Cayuga	846	24
Chautauqua	1,539	23
Chemung	2,993	38
Chenango	629	6
Clinton	456	8
Columbia	1,012	7
Cortland	1,025	46
Delaware	346	4
Dutchess	7,122	101
Erie	24,440	507
Essex	279	1
Franklin	259	0
Fulton	490	6
Genesee	966	34
Greene	685	10
Hamilton	44	2
Herkimer	664	19
Jefferson	511	11
Lewis	351	6
Livingston	683	12
Madison	913	15
Monroe	14,703	365
Montgomery	472	6
Nassau	59,700	462
Niagara	3,682	83
NYC	307,181	2,101
Oneida	4,732	77
Onondaga	10,480	232
Ontario	1,273	23
Orange	16,650	95
Orleans	618	14
Oswego	1,496	60
Otsego	611	15
Putnam	2,731	49
Rensselaer	1,686	20
Rockland	21,378	120
Saratoga	2,180	29
Schenectady	2,389	36
Schoharie	194	4
Schuyler	306	10
Seneca	283	7
St. Lawrence	805	21
Steuben	1,739	25
Suffolk	59,810	537
Sullivan	2,166	10
Tioga	1,104	9
Tompkins	1,076	33
Ulster	3,276	38
Warren	575	4
Washington	444	4
Wayne	1,095	12
Westchester	49,646	544
Wyoming	527	10
Yates	253	1