SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY (OnSachem.com / OnTownMedia.com) — Portions of Suffolk County outside the Sachem area are now "Yellow Precautionary Zones" as the positive test rate for COVID-19 increases, Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Meanwhile, New York State Assemblyman Doug Smith, a Republican from Holbrook, said opposes the enforcement of potential lockdowns in his 5th Assembly District.
Cuomo announced updated COVID-19 micro-cluster focus zones across the state, including Suffolk County. Hampton Bays and Riverhead will be designated as Precautionary Yellow Zones after meeting the positivity, new cases, and new hospitalization metrics for yellow zone designation, Cuomo said. To the west, Yellow Precautionary zones will be established in and around Great Neck and Massapequa Park in Nassau County and part of Upper Manhattan. Meanwhile, a portion of Staten Island's Yellow Precautionary Zone will become an Orange Warning Zone. Orange Warning Zones will also be established in upstate Monroe and Onondaga Counties.
Modifications to current focus zones and new focus zones go into effect this Wednesday for businesses and Thursday for schools — even though Thursday is Thanksgiving.
While the Sachem area is not presently a cluster zone, Assemblyman Smith wrote in an OnSachem News Viewpoint article he opposes enforcement actions if any portion of his district is later labeled a cluster zone.
"Good intentions do not override Constitutional rights and individual liberties in the United States of America," Smith wrote. "I am urging my constituents to make smarter choices and to think about your neighbors as you would think about your own families, but I cannot support additional lockdowns in my district as they are currently being proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo." Read Smith's entire Viewpoint article here.
The following restrictions are implemented for each cluster zone.
| Activity | Red | Orange | Yellow |
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Non-Residential Gatherings | Prohibited | 10 people maximum, indoors and outdoors | 25 people maximum, indoors and outdoors |
Residential Gatherings | Prohibited | 10 people maximum, indoors and outdoors | 10 people maximum, indoors and outdoors |
House of Worship | Lesser of: 25% of maximum capacity | Lesser of: 33% of maximum capacity | 50% of maximum capacity |
Businesses | Non-essential businesses are closed | Certain high-risk non-essential businesses (eg., gyms, fitness centers and classes, barber shops, hair salons, personal care services) are closed. | Open |
Dining | Takeout or delivery only | Outdoor dining, takeout or delivery only, 4 person maximum per table, and bars and restaurants close at 10:00pm for on-premises consumption | Indoor and outdoor dining permitted, 4 person maximum per table; bars and restaurants close at 10:00pm for on-premises consumption |
| Schools | Closed* | Closed* | Open |
"We need a reality check because these are dangerous times that we're in," Cuomo said. "The COVID rate, number of deaths, number of hospitalizations, everything we watch all day on TV, is all a function of our actions. There is no predetermined result here. You tell me what New Yorkers do today, I will tell you the infection rate tomorrow."
Cuomo added, "We are in a place now where there is a bad synergy -- a sense of COVID fatigue. Yes, we're only at 3 percent and only Vermont, Maine, and Hawaii are lower than us, but that can change in an instant and we must remember how we got here. It's the infection rate in your community that matters, and that's why we talk about micro-clusters. Influence your family's behavior and your community's behavior and be a COVID change agent in your community. We're social beings and it's also the high season of social activity. That is a bad combination, and it is always the combination of events that creates the major issues."
Modifications to Current Focus Zones
Staten Island - Parts of Staten Island Move to Orange Warning Zone - Click Here for Map
Parts of Staten Island will transition to an orange warning zone based on increasing 7-day positivity rates, number of cases, and hospitalizations that meet the metrics for orange warning zone designation. The remainder of the borough will remain in a yellow precautionary zone.
New Focus Zones
Manhattan - New Yellow Precautionary Zone - Click Here for Map
A new yellow zone will be established in the Washington Heights area, after meeting the metrics for yellow precautionary zone designation including on increasing 7-day positivity rates, number of cases, and hospitalizations.
Monroe County - Click Here for Map
The City of Rochester and surrounding areas will transition to an orange zone after meeting the positivity, new cases, and hospitalizations metrics for orange zone designation. The rest of the existing yellow zone will remain a Precautionary yellow zone.
Nassau County - Links to Maps Below
Yellow Precautionary zones will be established in and around Great Neck and Massapequa Park, after both areas have seen sustained positivity, new case rates, and hospitalizations that meet the metrics for yellow precautionary zone designation.
Onondaga County - Click Here for Map
The City of Syracuse and surrounding areas will transition to an orange precautionary zone after seeing continued increases in positivity and number of cases, as well as hospitalizations. The existing yellow zone will remain a yellow precautionary zone, and parts of it will be expanded.
Suffolk County - Links to Maps Below
Parts of Suffolk County including Hampton Bays and Riverhead will be designated as Precautionary Yellow Zones after meeting the positivity, new cases, and new hospitalization metrics for yellow zone designation.
Cuomo noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.48 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.73 percent. Within the focus areas, 39,209 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,755 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 152,280 test results were reported, yielding 4,151 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:
STATEWIDE | 11/1- 11/7 % Positive | 11/8- 11/14 % Positive | 11/15- 11/21 % Positive | Current 7-day rolling average | Day Prior (11/21) % Positive | Yesterday (11/22) % Positive |
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All focus area statewide % positive | 3.44% | 4.89% | 4.57% | 4.57% | 4.39% | 4.48% |
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Statewide % positive with all focus areas included | 1.95% | 2.86% | 2.89% | 2.93% | 2.74% | 3.08% |
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Statewide % positive without all focus areas included | 1.81% | 2.47% | 2.44% | 2.52% | 2.29% | 2.73% |
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Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:
FOCUS ZONE | 11/1- 11/7 % Positive | 11/8- 11/14 % Positive | 11/15- 11/21 % Positive | Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average | Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average | Current 7-day Rolling average |
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Erie orange-zone focus area % positive | 4.53% | 7.22% | 7.30% | 7.25% | 7.30% | 7.20% |
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Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.64% | 5.34% | 7.36% | 7.58% | 7.36% | 7.53% |
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Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive | 4.29% | 5.10% | 4.44% | 4.30% | 4.44% | 4.53% |
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Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.06% | 5.54% | 3.80% | 3.96% | 3.80% | 3.76% |
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Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.68% | 6.58% | 5.12% | 5.65% | 5.12% | 4.99% |
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Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.11% | 3.40% | 3.40% | 3.32% | 3.40% | 3.31% |
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Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.70% | 3.81% | 3.52% | 3.49% | 3.52% | 3.73% |
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Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive | 2.79% | 3.80% | 4.70% | 4.72% | 4.70% | 4.73% |
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Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.33% | 3.92% | 3.70% | 3.72% | 3.70% | 3.85% |
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Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.46% | 3.55% | 3.39% | 3.30% | 3.39% | 3.29% |
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Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive | 6.45% | 4.59% | 4.71% | 4.15% | 4.71% | 5.20% |
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Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.00% | 4.33% | 4.15% | 3.99% | 4.15% | 4.28% |
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Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 10.03% | 10.81% | 5.60% | 5.90% | 5.60% | 5.47% |
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Orange Middletown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.95% | 3.81% | 5.41% | 4.94% | 5.41% | 3.84% |
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Orange Newburgh - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.96% | 8.07% | 7.89% | 7.93% | 7.89% | 8.68% |
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Westchester Peekskill - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.16% | 10.36% | 7.15% | 7.70% | 7.15% | 7.29% |
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Westchester Ossining - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.00% | 9.88% | 10.22% | 10.37% | 10.22% | 10.11% |
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Westchester Tarrytown - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.26% | 8.47% | 8.27% | 8.56% | 8.27% | 8.80% |
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Westchester Yonkers - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.42% | 4.48% | 4.11% | 4.07% | 4.11% | 4.38% |
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Westchester New Rochelle - Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.40% | 6.46% | 5.68% | 6.58% | 5.68% | 5.20% |
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Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive | 7.46% | 9.34% | 7.59% | 7.09% | 7.59% | 7.94% |
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Today's data is summarized briefly below:
- Patient Hospitalization - 2,724 (+162)
- Patients Newly Admitted - 363
- Hospital Counties - 52
- Number ICU - 545 (+43)
- Number ICU with Intubation - 249 (+15)
- Total Discharges - 83,501 (+194)
- Deaths - 33
- Total Deaths - 26,390
Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
REGION | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
Capital Region | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.28% |
Central New York | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.43% |
Finger Lakes | 3.8% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 3.30% |
Long Island | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.24% |
Mid-Hudson | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 3.91% |
Mohawk Valley | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.58% |
New York City | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.57% |
North Country | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.73% |
Southern Tier | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.23% |
Western New York | 5.7% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.11% |
Each New York City borough's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
BOROUGH | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
Bronx | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.39% |
Brooklyn | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.33% |
Manhattan | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.78% |
Queens | 2.4% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.81% |
Staten Island | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.15% |
Of the 602,120 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
County | Total Positive | New Positive |
Albany | 5,148 | 40 |
Allegany | 856 | 10 |
Broome | 4,927 | 68 |
Cattaraugus | 901 | 24 |
Cayuga | 735 | 31 |
Chautauqua | 1,403 | 11 |
Chemung | 2,702 | 55 |
Chenango | 578 | 15 |
Clinton | 428 | 10 |
Columbia | 965 | 3 |
Cortland | 907 | 23 |
Delaware | 314 | 5 |
Dutchess | 6,728 | 94 |
Erie | 21,572 | 497 |
Essex | 250 | 2 |
Franklin | 239 | 8 |
Fulton | 454 | 22 |
Genesee | 800 | 42 |
Greene | 633 | 7 |
Hamilton | 39 | 2 |
Herkimer | 582 | 7 |
Jefferson | 435 | 17 |
Lewis | 306 | 6 |
Livingston | 617 | 34 |
Madison | 821 | 24 |
Monroe | 12,771 | 365 |
Montgomery | 396 | 18 |
Nassau | 57,127 | 421 |
Niagara | 3,213 | 61 |
NYC | 296,547 | 1,782 |
Oneida | 4,210 | 129 |
Onondaga | 9,362 | 202 |
Ontario | 1,129 | 42 |
Orange | 15,987 | 115 |
Orleans | 576 | 15 |
Oswego | 1,273 | 86 |
Otsego | 529 | 21 |
Putnam | 2,472 | 110 |
Rensselaer | 1,528 | 13 |
Rockland | 20,708 | 106 |
Saratoga | 1,969 | 65 |
Schenectady | 2,136 | 63 |
Schoharie | 176 | 7 |
Schuyler | 271 | 9 |
Seneca | 253 | 10 |
St. Lawrence | 678 | 11 |
Steuben | 1,599 | 42 |
Suffolk | 56,865 | 526 |
Sullivan | 2,093 | 15 |
Tioga | 1,043 | 19 |
Tompkins | 936 | 32 |
Ulster | 3,073 | 50 |
Warren | 543 | 1 |
Washington | 430 | 8 |
Wayne | 967 | 55 |
Westchester | 47,262 | 421 |
Wyoming | 419 | 18 |
Yates | 239 | 11 |
Yesterday, 33 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,390. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
Deaths by County of Residence | |
County | New Deaths |
Allegany | 1 |
Bronx | 3 |
Chemung | 1 |
Erie | 10 |
Genesee | 1 |
Kings | 2 |
Lewis | 1 |
Madison | 1 |
Monroe | 3 |
Nassau | 1 |
Richmond | 3 |
Rockland | 1 |
Steuben | 1 |
Suffolk | 3 |
Tioga | 1 |
