ALBANY – Orange County’s COVID-19 red-zones including the greater Monroe-Palm Tree area and Newburgh, had a 14.38 percent positive rate reported to the state on Monday.
The statewide positive rate with the red zones was 1.40 percent; without the red zones it was 1.28 percent.
Local authorities have been instructed to enforce appropriate coronavirus protocols including social distancing, wearing of face masks, and washing hands often.
In the Mid-Hudson/Catskills region, the number of positive cases as of Monday were:
| COUNTY | TOTAL POSITIVE | NEW POSITIVE |
| Columbia | 626 | 2 |
| Dutchess | 5,271 | 12 (1 new death) |
| Greene | 429 | 41 |
| Orange | 12,930 | 61 |
| Putnam | 1,698 | 9 |
| Rockland | 16,829 | 69 |
| Sullivan | 1,655 | 5 |
| Ulster | 2,377 | 11 |
| Westchester | 39,064 | 63 |
| FOCUS ZONE | 9/27-10/3
% Positive |
10/4- 10/10 % Positive | Week to Date (10/11 – 10/12)
% Positive |
Day Prior
(10/11) % Positive |
Monday (10/12) % Positive |
| Brooklyn red-zone focus area % positive | 6.69% | 5.86% | 5.37% | 4.54% | 5.94% |
| Queens % red-zone focus area % positive | 2.97% | 3.36% | 1.99% | 1.63% | 2.43% |
| Rockland % red-zone focus area % positive | 12.29% | 9.77% | 2.62% | 12.90% | 2.03% |
| Orange red-zone focus area % positive | 24.64% | 12.41% | 9.85% | 3.51% | 14.38% |
| All red-zone focus area % positive | 6.91% | 6.13% | 3.98% | 3.70% | 4.13% |
| Statewide % positive with red-zone focus areas included | 1.25% | 1.18% | 1.26% | 1.12% | 1.40% |
| Statewide % positive without red-zone focus areas included | 1.02% | 1.01% | 1.17% | 1.05% | 1.28% |
| 9/27-10/3
|
10/4- 10/10 | Week to Date (10/11 – 10/12) | Day Prior
(10/11) |
Monday (10/12) | |
| Percentage of state’s positive cases coming from red-zone focus areas | 21.8% | 17.6% | 10.4% | 7.9% | 12.3% |
