ALBANY – Over the last seven days, the rate of coronavirus positivity in the Rockland and Orange County hotspots has declined, Governor Cuomo announced on Sunday.
In Rockland County, the red-zone focus area percentage of positive cases dipped from 3.65 percent to 2.78 percent over the past week.
In Orange County’s red-zone, the positivity rate fell from 2.64 percent one week ago to 1.21 percent on Saturday, the last day statistics were reported.
“That is great news. It says focus works, and it says we can get the positivity under control,” said the governor.
Here are the numbers of positive cases reported county-by-county:
COUNTY
TOTAL POSITIVE
NEW POSITIVE
Columbia
680
11
Dutchess
5,438
17
Greene
490
1
Orange
13,457
44
Rockland
17,685
50
Sullivan
1,743
18
Ulster
2,471
12
Westchester
40,131
90
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