The CDC believes people should wear masks indoors in areas where the CDC deems COVID transmission is "High" or "Substantial."
As a state, the CDC says New York has "High" levels of COVID transmission. The CDC deems the infection rate is "High" or "Substantial" when there are 50 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period, or when the positivity rate is higher than five percent.
The CDC believes Orange, Ulster, Putnam, Dutchess, Sullivan, Rockland and Westchester Columbia counties have "High" transmission.
Below are the counties are New York the CDC deems to have "High" or COVID infection rates:
Albany County
Allegany County
Bronx County
Broome County
Cattaraugus County
Cayuga County
Chautauqua County
Chemung County
Chenango County
Clinton County
Columbia County
Cortland County
Delaware County
Dutchess County
Erie County
Essex County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Genesee County
Greene County
Hamilton County
Herkimer County
Jefferson County
Kings County (Brooklyn)
Lewis County
Livingston County
Madison County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Nassau County
New York County (Manhattan)
Niagara County
Oneida County
Onondaga County
Ontario County
Orange County
Orleans County
Oswego County
Otsego County
Putnam County
Queens County
Rensselaer County
Richmond County (Staten Island)
Rockland County
Saint Lawrence County
Saratoga County
Schenectady County
Schoharie County
Seneca County
Steuben County
Suffolk County
Sullivan County
Schuyler County
Tioga County
Tompkins County
Ulster County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Westchester County
Wyoming County
Yates County
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This means the CDC is now considering all 62 counties across New York State to have "High" rates of coronavirus transmission. In early August, when Hudson Valley Post first start tracking, the CDC was worried about 22 counties.
Last week, while Gov. Kathy Hochul released her #VaxtoSchool campaign she announced pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites will be open in areas where ZIP code data shows the vaccination rate for is lower than the statewide average.
The first two pop-up sites will be in the 11102 and 10467 ZIP codes.
Before leaving office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pinpointed 117 ZIP codes where COVID was spreading at alarming rates and the vaccination rate is below the statewide average.
The majority of the ZIP codes are in New York City. 71 ZIP codes, or 61 percent, are in New York City, primarily in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Gov. Cuomo/Twitter
Gov. Cuomo/Twitter
Concerning areas of Long Island include Riverhead, Wyandanch, Elmont, and Calverton.
Gov. Cuomo/Twitter
Gov. Cuomo/Twitter
The rest of the concerning ZIP codes in New York are below:
12540 - Dutchess County
10930- Orange County
10940- Orange County
10992- Orange County
12058- Greene County
12083- Greene County
10705 - Westchester County
10507- Westchester County
10703- Westchester County
10547- Westchester County
10595- Westchester County
10704- Westchester County
10986- Rockland County
10993- Rockland County
10980- Rockland County
12158- Albany County
12815- Warren County
13131- Oswego County
13040- Cortlandt County
14608- Monroe County
13308- Oneida County
12883- Essex County
13733- Chenango County
14215- Erie County
14770- Cattaraugus County
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