NEW YORK (WBEN) – New York state's coronavirus hospitalizations have dropped to their lowest level in over a month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
Statewide hospitalizations declined by 133 to 7,804, the lowest since Dec. 27.
The number of patients in intensive care dropped by 35 to 1,481, while the number of intubated patients declined by 5 to 995, Cuomo said.
The state's seven-day positivity rate also reached its lowest point since Dec. 2 at 4.58%.
Hospitalizations and the positivity rate have been on the decline in recent weeks after they both saw a marked increase between Thanksgiving and the New Year.
"New York's positivity and hospitalization numbers continue to decline from the holiday surge, a reflection of the discipline New Yorkers have shown to defeat the virus," Cuomo said in a statement Saturday.
The state saw another 11,252 cases Saturday out of 261,285 reported tests, for a positivity rate of 4.31%.
There were 158 deaths reported over the past day, bringing the state's death toll to 36,079, according to the state.
COVID-19 cases for Feb. 5: 374 new cases were confirmed by @ECDOH out of 7,991 diagnostic reports received for a daily positivity rate 4.7%. The 7-day positivity rate average is 5.0%. Total cases through Feb. 5 are now 58,718. pic.twitter.com/i4AlldSjFk
— Erie County Department of Health 😷 (@ECDOH) February 6, 2021
As for the vaccine, Cuomo said Saturday that more than 111,316 first and second doses had been administered in 24 hours.
As of 11 a.m. Saturday, the state's health care distribution sites had administered 91% of the total first doses received from the federal government, Cuomo said.
The governor said the sites had received 1,768,135 first doses and administered 1,602,686 (91%) first dose vaccinations and 78% of first and second doses.
The week 8 allocation from the federal government continues to be delivered to providers for administration this upcoming week, Cuomo said.
