Five months since the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New York, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State conducted 82,737 COVID-19 tests yesterday — the highest number of tests ever conducted in a single day in the state. 0.91 percent of those test results were positive. The governor also 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.

 

"Today is five months since we had our first case, and yesterday we hit a record number of tests — 82,737 — the most tests ever conducted in a single day in this state, with 0.91 percent of results coming back positive," Governor Cuomo said. "Our future is dependent on what we do, and social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands are useful and effective tools as we combat this virus. New Yorkers should continue practicing those basic behaviors and local governments should enforce state guidance. That's what it means to be New York Tough."

 

Governor Cuomo also announced the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited and observed 1,103 establishments across New York City and Long Island last night and found violations at 41 establishments, or 4 percent.

 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

 

• Patient Hospitalization - 581 (+5)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 92
• Hospital Counties - 30
• Number ICU - 147 (+7)
• Number ICU with Intubation - 72 (+2)
• Total Discharges - 73,134 (+79)
• Deaths - 4
• Total Deaths - 25,164

 

Of the 82,737 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 753, or 0.91 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

 

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	2.1%	1.1%	1.1%
Central New York	1.1%	0.5%	0.7%
Finger Lakes	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%
Long Island	1.2%	0.9%	1.1%
Mid-Hudson	1.3%	0.9%	1.0%
Mohawk Valley	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%
New York City	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%
North Country	0.3%	0.5%	0.2%
Southern Tier	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%
Western New York	0.5%	1.6%	1.1%

 

The Governor also confirmed 753 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 415,767 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 415,767 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

 

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,515	12
Allegany	74	0
Broome	1,048	11
Cattaraugus	158	0
Cayuga	144	1
Chautauqua	231	3
Chemung	163	0
Chenango	209	2
Clinton	127	1
Columbia	519	3
Cortland	91	0
Delaware	103	1
Dutchess	4,504	14
Erie	8,548	56
Essex	55	0
Franklin	50	0
Fulton	282	7
Genesee	272	2
Greene	289	0
Hamilton	7	0
Herkimer	240	1
Jefferson	130	1
Lewis	34	0
Livingston	166	1
Madison	399	1
Monroe	4,742	32
Montgomery	155	1
Nassau	43,271	68
Niagara	1,444	4
NYC	225,460	312
Oneida	2,081	11
Onondaga	3,477	13
Ontario	349	0
Orange	11,088	6
Orleans	295	2
Oswego	244	3
Otsego	112	0
Putnam	1,425	4
Rensselaer	734	10
Rockland	13,880	16
Saratoga	726	11
Schenectady	1,032	9
Schoharie	68	0
Schuyler	22	1
Seneca	85	1
St. Lawrence	261	1
Steuben	290	0
Suffolk	43,300	76
Sullivan	1,483	3
Tioga	188	1
Tompkins	230	2
Ulster	2,026	5
Warren	300	0
Washington	255	1
Wayne	245	0
Westchester	35,974	41
Wyoming	112	0
Yates	55	2

 

Yesterday, there were 4 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,164. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

 

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	1
Bronx	1
Jefferson	1
Onondaga	1