One hundred forty-nine new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Tuesday, Dec. 29 in Dutchess County for a positivity rate of 7.4%, according to the NYS Department of Health.

On Monday, the most recent data posted by Dutchess County, the number of active cases being monitored by the county was 1588, a drop of 11 from the previous day and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 132, an increase of 8.

There were 4 new deaths attributed to the disease reported by the county.

Over the previous seven days, an average of 2,386 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were up 45%, hospitalizations were up 41% and there had been 34 new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

Active cases by Municipality

Municipality Active Cases Change (net)
Amenia 22 5
Beacon City 77 5
Beekman 91 0
Clinton 9 -1
Dover 55 -2
East Fishkill 223 -5
Fishkill 125 8
Fishkill Village 7 -1
Hyde Park 114 -5
Lagrange 92 -2
Milan 12 1
Millbrook Village 5 1
Millerton Village 6 0
North East 6 0
Pawling 24 0
Pawling Village 10 0
Pine Plains 7 0
Pleasant Valley 51 2
Poughkeepsie 236 1
Poughkeepsie City 155 -16
Red Hook 29 -1
Red Hook Village 0 0
Rhinebeck 21 0
Rhinebeck Village 4 -1
Stanford 9 0
Tivoli Village 1 0
Union Vale 22 -2
Wappinger 140 0
Wappingers Falls Village 27 2
Washington 8 0

0 cases have not had their address confirmed.

NYS COVID School Report Card Summaries

Arlington Central School District: Fourteen tests reported yesterday, two positive. Nineteen positive tests (of 145) have been reported over the past seven days and fifty-two positive tests (of 387) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 13% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Beacon City School District: Seven tests reported yesterday, one positive. Five positive tests (of 85) have been reported over the past seven days and eight positive tests (of 161) 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: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, 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: Eight tests reported yesterday, one positive. Seven positive tests (of 49) have been reported over the past seven days and ten positive tests (of 120) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 57% 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: Four tests reported yesterday, none positive. Four positive tests (of 20) have been reported over the past seven days and four positive tests (of 58) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 86% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Pine Plains Central School District: Two tests reported yesterday, none positive. One positive test (of 13) has been reported over the past seven days and one positive test (of 34) has been reported over the past fourteen days. 1% 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: Four tests reported yesterday, none positive. Two positive tests (of 52) have been reported over the past seven days and four positive tests (of 90) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 14% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Rhinebeck Central School District: District has no in-person students. For more details on test results in this school district, 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: Thirty-four tests reported yesterday, five positive. Forty-three positive tests (of 296) have been reported over the past seven days and eighty positive tests (of 637) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 21% 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: No 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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