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The COVID-19 positive infection rate among those tested in the Hudson Valley has increased slightly, but has remained relatively stable as New York City continues to fight the second wave of the virus.
Over the past three days, the infection rate in the Hudson Valley has fallen from 6.36% on Saturday, December 19, to 6.25% the next day and to 6.29% on Monday, December 21.
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The total number of COVID-19 cases reported in the Hudson Valley is:
- Westchester: 63,909 (536 new);
- Rockland: 25,579 (166);
- Orange: 21,327 (179);
- Dutchess: 10,620 (215);
- Ulster: 5,001 (75);
- Putnam: 4,231 (63);
- Sullivan: 2,741 (27).
There were 164,868 COVID-19 tests administered statewide, with 9,716 New Yorkers testing positive for an infection rate of 5.89%. There are currently 6,661 hospitalized for the virus and 139 new deaths have been reported.
In the Hudson Valley, 13 new deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported:
- Westchester: 6;
- Rockland: 2;
- Dutchess: 2;
- Orange: 2;
- Ulster: 1.
Statewide, 857,049 New Yorkers have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 23.47 million tests administered in the past 10 months, including 28,709 deaths.
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