ALBANY – A total of 7,005 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Hudson Valley/Catskills region on New Year’s Day. Eight more people died from the virus.
One death was reported each in Dutchess and Rockland counties. Six people died in Westchester County.
| COUNTY | TOTAL POSITIVE | NEW POSITIVE |
| Columbia | 7,114 | 53 |
| Delaware | 5,605 | 50 |
| Dutchess | 47,166 | 702 |
| Greene | 6,286 | 51 |
| Orange | 79,133 | 1,242 |
| Putnam | 17,569 | 309 |
| Rockland | 69,087 | 846 |
| Sullivan | 12,747 | 186 |
| Ulster | 22,855 | 259 |
| Westchester | 190,046 | 3,307 |
