New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday released the results of COVID-19 testing that took place at eight sites, including Dunkirk, following a recent surge in the number of positive cases.

The governor said the five-day “SWAT testing” resulted in 6,385 tests being administered, with 266 in total coming back positive. Specifically, Cuomo said Chautauqua County had a 4.5% positivity rate in the testing, with the city of Buffalo at 5.9%, Niagara County at 2.8% and Erie County (not including the city) at 2.3%. Overall, the positivity rate was 4.1%.

Contact tracing efforts in partnership with local health departments are ongoing, the governor said.

To ensure continued availability of rapid result testing over the next weeks throughout Western New York, Cuomo said he is directing the state Department of Health to lend 20 rapid result testing machines to local health departments, and provide each department with an initial allotment of test kits, enabling more than 8,500 additional rapid tests to be administered over the next weeks.

The test results are delivered in 15 minutes, allowing contact tracing efforts to begin immediately.

Chautauqua County will receive four rapid result testing machines; Cattaraugus County will receive three; Allegany will receive two; Niagara County will receive five; and Erie County will receive six.

The overall positivity rate in the Western New York region, which includes Chautauqua and Cattaraugus county, went up for the third straight day, to 1.8%. Cuomo, along with local health officials, have warned of the increasing rate.

Of the 88,981 test results reported to New York state on Wednesday, 889, or 0.99%, were positive.