One hundred eighty-nine new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Dutchess County for a positivity rate of 7.6%, 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 1517, a drop of 157 from the previous day and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 156, an increase of 8.

There were 2 new deaths attributed to the disease reported by the county.

Over the previous seven days, an average of 2,446 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were up 14%, hospitalizations were up 47% and there had been 44 new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

Active cases by Municipality

Municipality Active Cases Change (net)
Amenia 12 -2
Beacon City 44 -9
Beekman 46 -13
Clinton 6 0
Dover 26 -10
East Fishkill 137 -13
Fishkill 68 -12
Fishkill Village 12 -1
Hyde Park 60 -15
Lagrange 47 -10
Milan 6 0
Millbrook Village 3 0
Millerton Village 5 0
North East 2 0
Pawling 13 -2
Pawling Village 5 0
Pine Plains 1 -1
Pleasant Valley 28 -6
Poughkeepsie 123 -32
Poughkeepsie City 111 -13
Red Hook 16 -4
Red Hook Village 0 0
Rhinebeck 15 -2
Rhinebeck Village 2 0
Stanford 6 -1
Tivoli Village 0 -1
Union Vale 17 -3
Wappinger 106 -16
Wappingers Falls Village 23 -1
Washington 3 0

574 cases have not had their address confirmed.

NYS COVID School Report Card Summaries

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

Beacon City School District: Five tests reported yesterday, one positive. Nine positive tests (of 98) have been reported over the past seven days and fourteen positive tests (of 183) 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: Ten tests reported yesterday, two positive. Ten positive tests (of 58) have been reported over the past seven days and twenty-four positive tests (of 131) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 24% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Millbrook Central School District: Three tests reported yesterday, one positive. Eight positive tests (of 47) have been reported over the past seven days and fifteen positive tests (of 96) 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: One test reported yesterday, none positive. No positive tests (of 30) have been reported over the past seven days and four positive tests (of 50) 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: Three tests reported yesterday, none positive. One positive test (of 23) has been reported over the past seven days and two positive tests (of 36) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 46% 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 24) have been reported over the past seven days and four positive tests (of 76) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 55% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Rhinebeck Central School District: Five tests reported yesterday, one positive. Five positive tests (of 24) have been reported over the past seven days and six positive tests (of 62) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 72% 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: Thirty-three tests reported yesterday, three positive. Forty-three positive tests (of 288) have been reported over the past seven days and eighty-six positive tests (of 584) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 42% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Dutchess County BOCES: Two positive tests yesterday. For more details, click here.

Bard College: One positive test yesterday. For more details, click here.

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

Vassar College: Five 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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