NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 test positivity rates in New York state trended lower on Thursday, with the rate in the "micro-cluster" focus areas reaching 2.31 percent, compared with 3.2 percent one day earlier, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday.
The statewide positivity rate excluding the "micro-cluster" focus areas was 0.98 percent, as against 0.96 percent on Wednesday, said Cuomo, adding that of the 141,508 tests reported Thursday, 1,637 were positive, or 1.15 percent of the total, compared with 1.2 percent one day earlier.
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