NYS COVID-19 hospitalizations down to 8,484, positivity rate 6.22 pct: governor

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Total COVID-19 hospitalizations reached 8,484 on Saturday in New York State, down from 8,527 on Friday, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday.

Meanwhile, of the 246,836 COVID-19 tests reported on Saturday in the state, 15,355 were positive, or 6.22 percent of the total, down from 6.57 percent one day earlier, said Cuomo, adding that the fatalities went down to 151 on Saturday, compared with 188 on Friday.