Fingerlakes1.com Menu Governor Andrew Cuomo held his briefing on Monday – unveiling new zones across the state of New York. Ahead of those announcements, he noted that 5,712 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the state. The state’s positivity rate the day before was 5.66%. For the Finger Lakes region it wasn’t good news. They claimed the title as ‘highest rate’ of hospitalization, which is a major metric in the Governor’s plan for COVID-19 mitigation. However, it meant no further economic restrictions. “Best news of the day,” Rochester Chamber of Commerce President Bob Duffy wrote on Twitter. He leads the Finger Lakes regional control room. “We are not moving into a ‘Red zone’ shut down. We need to maintain the discipline of avoiding behaviors that drive up the infection rates. The Finger Lakes Region can reverse this current spike and get out of Yellow/Orange.”