One hundred fifty-eight new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Wednesday, Dec. 16 in Dutchess County for a positivity rate of 5.8%, according to the NYS Department of Health.

On Tuesday, the most recent data posted by Dutchess County, the number of active cases being monitored by the county was 1,452, an increase of 131 from the previous day and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 110, an increase of 4.

There was 1 new death attributed to the disease reported by the county.

Over the previous seven days, an average of 2,626 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were up 120%, hospitalizations were up 144% and there had been 24 new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

Active cases by Municipality

Municipality Active Cases Change (net)
Amenia 11 6
Beacon City 62 34
Beekman 90 48
Clinton 12 1
Dover 41 22
East Fishkill 210 97
Fishkill 82 38
Fishkill Village 14 2
Hyde Park 96 47
Lagrange 86 37
Milan 7 -2
Millbrook Village 0 0
Millerton Village 7 -2
North East 6 4
Pawling 35 15
Pawling Village 8 4
Pine Plains 6 0
Pleasant Valley 62 20
Poughkeepsie 204 93
Poughkeepsie City 180 91
Red Hook 20 11
Red Hook Village 0 0
Rhinebeck 13 2
Rhinebeck Village 5 0
Stanford 16 5
Tivoli Village 0 0
Union Vale 15 5
Wappinger 129 57
Wappingers Falls Village 24 8
Washington 11 6

0 cases have not had their address confirmed.

NYS COVID School Report Card Summaries

Arlington Central School District: Thirty-six tests reported yesterday, two positive. Nineteen positive tests (of 233) have been reported over the past seven days and thirty-four positive tests (of 425) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 10% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Beacon City School District: Fourteen tests reported yesterday, none positive. Five positive tests (of 62) have been reported over the past seven days and seven positive tests (of 129) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 65% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Dover Union-Free School District: Two tests reported yesterday, none positive. Seven positive tests (of 36) have been reported over the past seven days and eight positive tests (of 66) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 57% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Hyde Park Central School District: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, click here.

Millbrook Central School District: Eleven tests reported yesterday, none positive. Seven positive tests (of 64) have been reported over the past seven days and eleven positive tests (of 129) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 65% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Northeast Central School District: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, click here.

Pawling Central School District: Six tests reported yesterday, none positive. No positive tests (of 43) have been reported over the past seven days and five positive tests (of 73) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 85% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Pine Plains Central School District: Four tests reported yesterday, none positive. No positive tests (of 28) have been reported over the past seven days and two positive tests (of 45) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 25% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

City of Poughkeepsie School District: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, click here.

Red Hook Central School District: Six tests reported yesterday, none positive. Five positive tests (of 54) have been reported over the past seven days and five positive tests (of 114) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 65% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Rhinebeck Central School District: Four tests reported yesterday, none positive. No positive tests (of 23) have been reported over the past seven days and one positive test (of 64) has been reported over the past fourteen days. 78% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Spackenkill Union-Free School District: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, click here.

Wappingers Central School District: Fifty-nine tests reported yesterday, eleven positive. Thirty-eight positive tests (of 364) have been reported over the past seven days and eighty-four positive tests (of 691) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 23% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Dutchess County BOCES: No positive tests yesterday. For more details, click here.

Bard College: No positive tests yesterday. For more details, click here.

Marist College: No positive tests yesterday. For more details, click here.

Vassar College: Four positive tests yesterday. For more details, click here.

Dutchess Community College / SUNY: For details, click here.

The information above comes from Dutchess County’s COVID-19 Dashboard and the NYS DOH Data Feeds.

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