New York s test positivity rate climbed to 8.33 percent on Monday
Gov Andrew Cuomo said officials are working to uncover the cause of the spike
He said one leading theory hinged on the fact that far fewer tests were performed after the holiday
A total of 452,856 tests were performed across the state on the 23rd and 24th, compared with only 255,165 on the 26th and 27th The sample is artificially skewed, Cuomo speculated. Fewer people got tested and more of those people are showing symptoms, that s why they got tested The number of positive cases didn t go up, and the number of people getting tested dropped by half, he added