BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo provided an update into the state's progress on the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, December 1.
Governor Cuomo said that the state COVID-19 percent positive for Monday, November 30 was 4.96 percent, with the micro cluster zones.
Cuomo started his briefing off saying that Western New York still has the highest 7-day rolling average infection rate in the state with a 7.2% COVID-19 rate.
The governor also said that hospitalizations across the entire state are up 242 from the day before (Sunday, November 29) with 3,774 New Yorkers hospitalized with COVID-19.
"The numbers are going up, my projection is that the numbers will continue to go up through the holiday season," Cuomo said. He also projects that infection rate stabilization, post-holiday season, will be mid-January 2021.
There were 66 New Yorkers who passed away from COVID-19 on Monday, November 30.
Below is the number of new COVID-19 cases reported to Cuomo's office for each county in the Western New York region which includes Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties:
- Erie: 615
- Niagara: 145
- Chautauqua: 29
- Cattaraugus: 29
- Allegany: 152
The Western New York COVID-19 positivity rate for Monday was 9.0 percent. The current 7-day rolling average for the region is 7.29 percent, both numbers were the highest in the state.
WATCH: Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul provided a COVID-19 update for Western New York on Monday, November 30.
