Two hundred sixty-three new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Wednesday, Jan. 6 in Dutchess County for a positivity rate of 7.6%, 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 1626, an increase of 109 from the previous day and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 160, an increase of 4.

There were 3 new deaths attributed to the disease reported by the county.

Over the previous seven days, an average of 2,516 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were up 11%, hospitalizations were up 45% and there had been 46 new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

Active cases by Municipality

Municipality Active Cases Change (net)
Amenia 11 -1
Beacon City 49 5
Beekman 55 9
Clinton 11 5
Dover 30 4
East Fishkill 158 21
Fishkill 85 17
Fishkill Village 12 0
Hyde Park 64 4
Lagrange 60 13
Milan 8 2
Millbrook Village 2 -1
Millerton Village 5 0
North East 4 2
Pawling 20 7
Pawling Village 7 2
Pine Plains 0 -1
Pleasant Valley 36 8
Poughkeepsie 157 34
Poughkeepsie City 125 14
Red Hook 25 9
Red Hook Village 0 0
Rhinebeck 22 7
Rhinebeck Village 5 3
Stanford 7 1
Tivoli Village 1 1
Union Vale 22 5
Wappinger 123 17
Wappingers Falls Village 22 -1
Washington 6 3

494 cases have not had their address confirmed.

NYS COVID School Report Card Summaries

Arlington Central School District: Forty-nine tests reported yesterday, eight positive. Twenty-seven positive tests (of 229) have been reported over the past seven days and forty-one positive tests (of 369) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 0% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Beacon City School District: Fourteen tests reported yesterday, three positive. Nine positive tests (of 98) have been reported over the past seven days and seventeen positive tests (of 178) 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: Nine tests reported yesterday, two positive. Seven positive tests (of 45) have been reported over the past seven days and seventeen positive tests (of 98) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 64% 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: Seven tests reported yesterday, two positive. Two positive tests (of 33) have been reported over the past seven days and five positive tests (of 56) 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: Thirteen tests reported yesterday, none positive. One positive test (of 30) has been reported over the past seven days and one positive test (of 48) has been reported over the past fourteen days. 2% 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: Eleven tests reported yesterday, one positive. Two positive tests (of 29) have been reported over the past seven days and five positive tests (of 74) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 67% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Rhinebeck Central School District: Fourteen tests reported yesterday, one positive. Six positive tests (of 37) have been reported over the past seven days and seven 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: Fifty tests reported yesterday, nine positive. Forty-five positive tests (of 298) have been reported over the past seven days and eighty-five positive tests (of 578) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 28% 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: One positive test yesterday. For more details, click here.

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

Vassar College: Two 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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