Long Island’s rate of positive Covid-19 tests shot up to 3.4 percent, the governor’s office reported Monday.
Suffolk had been hovering in the 1 percent range in recent weeks and hit 2.6 percent on Saturday.
Suffolk County had 324 new positive cases reported Monday, the second highest in the state after New York City with 1,156.
Percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
REGION |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
Capital Region |
1.7% |
1.1% |
2.0% |
Central New York |
2.6% |
2.6% |
3.2% |
Finger Lakes |
3.2% |
3.5% |
4.8% |
Long Island |
2.5% |
2.6% |
3.4% |
Mid-Hudson |
2.5% |
2.8% |
3.7% |
Mohawk Valley |
1.5% |
1.1% |
1.9% |
New York City |
1.8% |
2.2% |
2.5% |
North Country |
1.6% |
1.7% |
2.2% |
Southern Tier |
1.2% |
1.3% |
0.7% |
Western New York |
4.3% |
4.8% |
5.3% |