Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

 

"New York State continues to move forward combatting COVID-19 with its phased, data-driven reopening in the face of alarming increases in cases throughout the country and in the nationwide death rate," Governor Cuomo said. "What's happening elsewhere in the United States is very concerning to us here at home, and our ability to avoid the same fate rests on New Yorkers' willingness to wear masks, socially distance and wash their hands, and local governments' willingness to enforce state guidelines. Today's numbers remain low and stable, but it is up to us to keep it that way. Being New York Tough isn't easy, but New Yorkers have shown the nation that we can effectively fight the virus when we all come together, and I urge them not to give up any ground now."

 

New York State is closely monitoring an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Rensselaer County, a number of which are being investigated as being linked to several individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling back to New York from Georgia. They are in isolation and the New York State Department of Health and Rensselaer County Health Department are conducting contact tracing.

 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

 

• Patient Hospitalization - 801 (+2)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 75 (+0)
• Hospital Counties - 28
• Number ICU - 174 (-3)
• Number ICU with Intubation - 102 (+2)
• Total Discharges - 71,565 (+88)
• Deaths - 5
• Total Deaths - 24,979

 

Of the 62,418 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 677, or 1.08 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

 

REGION	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Capital Region	0.7%	1.2%	2.0%
Central New York	1.9%	1.7%	1.1%
Finger Lakes	1.7%	1.0%	0.8%
Long Island	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%
Mid-Hudson	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%
Mohawk Valley	1.2%	0.9%	0.8%
New York City	1.1%	1.0%	1.3%
North Country	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%
Southern Tier	1.3%	1.5%	0.6%
Western New York	1.0%	1.9%	1.0%

 

The Governor also confirmed 677 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 401,706 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 401,706 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

 

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,219	11
Allegany	66	0
Broome	820	13
Cattaraugus	138	0
Cayuga	126	0
Chautauqua	170	0
Chemung	148	0
Chenango	166	0
Clinton	109	1
Columbia	486	1
Cortland	58	0
Delaware	92	1
Dutchess	4,276	7
Erie	7,742	31
Essex	51	0
Franklin	36	1
Fulton	265	0
Genesee	250	3
Greene	266	1
Hamilton	6	0
Herkimer	192	4
Jefferson	97	2
Lewis	31	0
Livingston	147	2
Madison	374	0
Monroe	4,177	24
Montgomery	132	2
Nassau	42,307	40
Niagara	1,340	6
NYC	219,051	341
Oneida	1,823	5
Onondaga	3,124	24
Ontario	300	4
Orange	10,835	5
Orleans	287	0
Oswego	220	1
Otsego	89	1
Putnam	1,361	0
Rensselaer	616	23
Rockland	13,716	16
Saratoga	602	7
Schenectady	864	8
Schoharie	62	0
Schuyler	15	0
Seneca	74	0
St. Lawrence	230	0
Steuben	274	0
Suffolk	42,028	41
Sullivan	1,465	1
Tioga	161	1
Tompkins	186	3
Ulster	1,859	4
Warren	277	3
Washington	249	0
Wayne	205	2
Westchester	35,297	37
Wyoming	101	0
Yates	48	0