COVID-19 test results turn slightly better in NYS: governor

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NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The fight against COVID-19 has seen some progress this week in New York State (NYS), with the positivity rate for test results in "Red Zone" focus areas, where the pandemic is the most severe, went down to 4.95 percent on Friday, with 6.17 percent in the past week, said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday.

NYS positivity rate without "Red Zone" focus areas included was 0.96 percent, and 1.07 percent with focus areas included, said the governor, adding that these "Red Zone" focus areas are home to 2.8 percent of state's population, yet have had 18 percent of all positive cases reported this week to NYS.

"Our numbers remain good news, even as clusters appear in certain areas of the state. Our testing system is so advanced that we were able to track clusters to 2.8 percent of the state's population and attack the virus within that population," Cuomo said in a press release issued by his office.

"It's going to take the work of all of us now to make sure we don't go backwards on our hard-fought progress. We must all continue to wear our masks, wash our hands, remain socially distant, and above all, stay New York Tough," he added.

Within the "Red Zone" focus areas, 3,901 test results were reported on Friday, yielding 193 positives or a 4.95 percent positivity rate, according to the release.

In the remainder of the state, not counting these "Red Zone" focus areas, 130,678 tests results were reported, yielding 1,254 positives or 0.96 percent positivity rate, it added.

According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. coronavirus death toll reached 214,171 as of Saturday afternoon, and the number of confirmed cases was more than 7.70 million. New York remains one of the worst-hit states in the country. Enditem

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