Two hundred forty-two new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Friday, Jan. 15 in Dutchess County for a positivity rate of 6.5%, according to the NYS Department of Health.

On Thursday, the most recent data posted by Dutchess County, the number of active cases being monitored by the county was 2359, an increase of 197 from the previous day and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 160, a drop of 2.

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

Over the previous seven days, an average of 3,124 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were up 50%, hospitalizations were up 53% and there had been 68 new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

Active cases by Municipality

Municipality Active Cases Change (net)
Amenia 19 0
Beacon City 93 2
Beekman 102 0
Clinton 21 0
Dover 59 0
East Fishkill 252 0
Fishkill 174 0
Fishkill Village 17 0
Hyde Park 103 0
Lagrange 113 0
Milan 16 0
Millbrook Village 2 0
Millerton Village 6 0
North East 10 0
Pawling 47 0
Pawling Village 14 0
Pine Plains 7 0
Pleasant Valley 55 0
Poughkeepsie 312 0
Poughkeepsie City 221 0
Red Hook 50 0
Red Hook Village 0 0
Rhinebeck 62 0
Rhinebeck Village 19 0
Stanford 13 0
Tivoli Village 3 0
Union Vale 27 0
Wappinger 194 0
Wappingers Falls Village 49 -5
Washington 11 0

288 cases have not had their address confirmed.

NYS COVID School Report Card Summaries

Arlington Central School District: Thirty-eight tests reported yesterday, three positive. Thirty-eight positive tests (of 251) have been reported over the past seven days and sixty-eight positive tests (of 510) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 63% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Beacon City School District: Twenty-seven tests reported yesterday, four positive. Twenty-one positive tests (of 117) have been reported over the past seven days and thirty positive tests (of 213) 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: Seven tests reported yesterday, none positive. Six positive tests (of 57) have been reported over the past seven days and fourteen positive tests (of 106) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 46% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Hyde Park Central School District: Eleven tests reported yesterday, none positive. Fourteen positive tests (of 110) have been reported over the past seven days and twenty-one positive tests (of 197) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 20% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Millbrook Central School District: Fourteen tests reported yesterday, two positive. Ten positive tests (of 79) have been reported over the past seven days and eighteen positive tests (of 148) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 64% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Northeast Central School District: Nine tests reported yesterday, none positive. No positive tests (of 40) have been reported over the past seven days and two positive tests (of 69) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 37% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Pawling Central School District: Seven tests reported yesterday, one positive. Three positive tests (of 46) have been reported over the past seven days and eight positive tests (of 79) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 79% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Pine Plains Central School District: Eight tests reported yesterday, none positive. Three positive tests (of 54) have been reported over the past seven days and four positive tests (of 87) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 12% 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. One positive test (of 77) has been reported over the past seven days and eight positive tests (of 125) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 67% 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: Forty-seven tests reported yesterday, five positive. Fifty-one positive tests (of 388) have been reported over the past seven days and one hundred sixteen positive tests (of 717) have been reported over the past fourteen days. 34% of students are learning in person. For more details, click here.

Dutchess County BOCES: One positive test 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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