#NY’s positive-test rate for COVID-19 hits highest level in five months

New York’s positive-test rate for COVID-19 hit 2.35 percent Saturday — the state’s highest level in more than five months.

There were 145,642 tests reported performed in New York for the day, and out of them, 3,428 came back positive, or 2.35 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted.

He added that “sadly, there were 18 COVID fatalities.’’

Saturday’s positivity rate follows Friday’s 2.2 percent level and Thursday’s 2.0 percent.

The last time the state went past 2.35 percent was June 1, when its number of positive tests hit 2.5 percent.