Capital Region has NY’s highest COVID positivity rate
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The Capital Region continues to have the highest seven-day average COVID infection rate in New York state at is 4.26%. That’s according to the numbers released Sunday by Gov. Cuomo’s office.
The positivity rate in the Central New York is 3.89%.
The daily positivity rate in the entire state is 3.06%, with a seven-day average of 2.91%.