COVID-19 positivity rates continued to decline as vaccination numbers rise slowly.

On Saturday, New York state announced the seven-day positivity rates fell below 2% to 1.79%. In Western New York, the rate went under 4% at 3.75%. Every region’s seven-day average positivity rate is below 4 percent for the first time since Nov. 8.

Locally, the vaccination rate is at 39.4% in the county while state vaccinations for the first dose was at 43.8%.