NYS reports major rise in COVID-19 test positivity rates

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 test positivity rate in the "Red Zone" focus areas in New York State was 6.61 percent on Tuesday, compared with 2.91 percent one day earlier, tweeted governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the statewide positivity rate excluding the "Red Zones," where the pandemic has been the most severe, was 1.42 percent, a slight rise over the 1.25 percent on Monday, he wrote.