Governor Cuomo Announces 12th Straight Day New York's COVID-19 Positivity Rate Is Below 1 Percent

0.78 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive

6 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 5 Establishments

Confirms 631 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 427,202; New Cases in 37 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that for the 12th straight day, New York State's rate of positive tests was below 1 percent. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"For the 12th straight day, our rate of positive COVID tests was under one percent, which is great news. We went from one of the worst situations in the nation to the best, all thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers and our data-driven, phased reopening," Governor Cuomo said. "The reason we're doing well is because we're being smart. If people's behavior doesn't remain disciplined, we're going to have a problem and you'll see the numbers change. COVID is not over by any stretch of the imagination. We must protect our progress, both from the growing cases across the nation and lack of compliance within our state. We cannot go backwards, and it is up to all of us to slow the spread by continuing to wear our masks and socially distance, and localities must enforce compliance."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,077 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 5 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 3
Manhattan - 1
Queens - 1

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 548 (+11)
Patients Newly Admitted - 81
Hospital Counties - 30
Number ICU - 131 (+5)
Number ICU with Intubation - 60 (+0)
Total Discharges - 74,328 (+70)
Deaths - 6
Total Deaths - 25,270

Of the 80,425 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 631, or 0.78 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Capital Region	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%
Central New York	0.2%	0.6%	0.7%
Finger Lakes	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%
Long Island	0.6%	1.1%	0.9%
Mid-Hudson	0.8%	1.3%	0.7%
Mohawk Valley	0.5%	1.1%	0.4%
New York City	0.9%	1.1%	0.8%
North Country	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%
Southern Tier	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%
Western New York	0.5%	0.8%	1.4%

The Governor also confirmed 631 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 427,202 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 427,202 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,675	14
Allegany	80	0
Broome	1,189	12
Cattaraugus	173	1
Cayuga	164	0
Chautauqua	272	1
Chemung	191	1
Chenango	218	0
Clinton	134	0
Columbia	559	1
Cortland	97	0
Delaware	108	1
Dutchess	4,710	6
Erie	9,241	54
Essex	63	0
Franklin	56	1
Fulton	305	0
Genesee	289	1
Greene	300	0
Hamilton	11	0
Herkimer	284	0
Jefferson	143	0
Lewis	47	0
Livingston	178	0
Madison	424	1
Monroe	5,241	28
Montgomery	189	1
Nassau	44,063	62
Niagara	1,544	9
NYC	231,015	273
Oneida	2,218	5
Onondaga	3,712	16
Ontario	371	0
Orange	11,282	13
Orleans	303	1
Oswego	274	2
Otsego	122	2
Putnam	1,466	3
Rensselaer	804	3
Rockland	14,067	14
Saratoga	800	0
Schenectady	1,133	3
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	23	0
Seneca	95	0
St. Lawrence	264	1
Steuben	307	0
Suffolk	44,305	70
Sullivan	1,494	1
Tioga	199	1
Tompkins	238	0
Ulster	2,106	6
Warren	313	0
Washington	262	0
Wayne	270	0
Westchester	36,563	23
Wyoming	120	0
Yates	59	0

Yesterday, there were 6 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,270. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: