Overall New York State has seen the number of COVID-19 cases decrease, but some areas remain significantly high.
33,490 new cases were reported Sunday, a 1% increase from the prior week.
The difference in regions was large, with a low of 1.2% for positivity rate in New York City, to a high rate of 6.2% in the North Country.
Central New York was 5.4% and the Finger Lakes Region was 5%.
The United States have seen a 9.7% decrease as a whole.
Some counties remain incredibly high, like Broome County with a 26.5% increase in one week which included six deaths compared to three weeks before.
Monroe County has seen a 21% increase.
Data seems to show that areas with higher vaccination rates are seeing lower positivity rates.
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