When the day before’s number of new cases in Dutchess County was 9, one day later, it was 158. The number of tests given shot up to 972 from the previous day of 337. Yet, the number of people from that test group who tested positive more than doubled to 16%. The usual percentage of people testing positive from a day’s test kits ranges between 4% and 10%. The last time it was at 16% was on 4/26/2020 when 389 people were tested and 64 of them tested positive.*

A Little Beacon Blog reached out Dutchess County to inquire as to if there was a known reason behind the spike. Dutchess County’s Communications Director Colleen Pillus responded: “The state recently inputted a backlog of testing data. It appears that it is all lumped into the ‘Person Tested Today’ column, and then appears as a spike in the ‘New Positives Today’ category. However, based on the data dump we just received from the state, much of this is older data….some dating as far back as March.”

A few briefings ago, Governor Cuomo did indicate that the numbers would change, and to take them with a grain of salt. However, the takeaway from this data dump is that there are more numbers out there than are making it into these charts. Maintain social distance.

Beacon’s numbers are on the decline. From 130 to 125 to 120 on this day. In fact, there is a decline in Fishkill and Wappingers as well. Except Putnam. Their number of new cases for this day is at 18, which is up from 5 the previous day. The percentage of people tested who tested positive rose from 4% to 14%. The numbers for Newburgh did not change. ALBB did not inquire with Putnam to see if they also experienced a data dump.

*Not all of these numbers are displayed cumulatively in New York State or Dutchess County Trackers. A Little Beacon Blog does keep these numbers in our own spreadsheet, which is how were were able to go back for comparative numbers. The first day we started recording these numbers was 4/25/2020.

Sources:
New York State Tracker
Dutchess County Tracker
Orange County Tracker
New York State Fatalities Tracker
Testing is limited, which implies that people testing positive for COVID-19 is not total, as many people are not tested.

DUTCHESS COUNTY 5/18/2020

How Many People Tested In Dutchess County:
23,195 (yesterday 22,223 via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE As Of This Day:
3,710 (yesterday, 3,552, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested This Day:
972 (yesterday 337, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE This Day:
158 (yesterday 9, via New York State Tracker)
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
55 (yesterday 56, via Dutchess County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
126 (yesterday 124, via Dutchess County Tracker)

BEACON
Active COVID-19 Cases In Beacon On This Day:
120 (yesterday 125, via Dutchess County Tracker)

FISHKILL
Active COVID-19 Cases In Fishkill On This Day:
112 (yesterday 122, via Dutchess County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In East Fishkill On This Day:
94 (yesterday 104, via Dutchess County Tracker)

WAPPINGERS
Active COVID-19 Cases In Town of Wappingers On This Day:
82 (yesterday 98, via Dutchess County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In Wappingers Falls Village On This Day:
27 (yesterday 31, via Dutchess County Tracker)

POUGHKEEPSIE
Active COVID-19 Cases In Poughkeepsie On This Day:
150 (yesterday 185, via Dutchess County Tracker)

Active COVID-19 Cases In Poughkeepsie City On This Day:
241 (yesterday 255, via Dutchess County Tracker)

ORANGE COUNTY 5/18/2020

How Many People Tested In Orange County:
39,748 (yesterday 39,386, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE In Total:
9,988 (yesterday 9,965, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested On This Day:
362 (yesterday 367, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE On This Day:
23 (yesterday 22, via New York State Tracker)
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
96 (yesterday 96) (via Orange County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
419 (yesterday 419, via Orange County Tracker)

NEWBURGH
Active COVID-19 Cases In Newburgh On This Day:
687 (yesterday 687, via Orange County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In City of Newburgh On This Day:
1,397 (yesterday 1,397, via Orange County Tracker)

PUTNAM COUNTY 5/18/2020

How Many People Tested In Putnam County:
6,697 (yesterday 6.572, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE As Of This Day:
1,159 (yesterday 1,141, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested On This Day:
125 (yesterday 116, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE On This Day:
18 (yesterday 5, via New York State Tracker)
How Many Active Cases In Putnam County On This Day:
23 (yesterday, 33 via Putnam County Tracker)
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
11 (yesterday 10, via Orange County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
57 (yesterday, 57, via New York State Tracker)

PHILIPSTOWN
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Total In Philipstown As Of This Day:
113 (last week 113, via Putnam County Tracker)
Putnam doesn’t seem to publish an “Active Cases” per city/town/village number like Dutchess and Orange do. “Active Cases” can fluctuate up or down. “Confirmed Cases” only go up, as they are cumulative.