Governor Cuomo Announces Four States Added to Travel Advisory Requiring 14-Day Quarantines

Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia Meet Metrics to Qualify for Travel Advisory; Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Are Removed

0.96 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive; 32 Straight Days with Infection Rate Below 1 Percent

5 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 929 Establishments; Observes 8 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 557 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 440,578; New Cases in 40 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced four additional states—Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia—meet the metrics to qualify for New York State's COVID-19 travel advisory. Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands have been removed. The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from an area with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or an area with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.

New York State's COVID-19 infection rate has been below 1 percent for 32 straight days. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"Individuals coming from other states continue to be a problem, and today we're adding four more states to New York's travel advisory. We now have 35 high-risk states in this country, which is incredible," Governor Cuomo said. "We're entering a new, different post-Labor Day phase. After Labor Day, people start to get back to work, schools are opening, activity is increasing, colleges are opening, you see traffic starting to increase. So we have to keep that in mind as we move forward and we need to remain vigilant and smart so that we don't backslide."

The full, updated travel advisory list is below:

Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
West Virginia

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 929 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 8 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Bronx - 1
Manhattan - 1
Queens - 2
Nassau - 4

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 445 (+32)
Patients Newly Admitted - 70
Hospital Counties - 33
Number ICU - 114 (-1)
Number ICU with Intubation - 52 (-5)
Total Discharges - 75,503 (+32)
Deaths - 5
Total Deaths - 25,367

Of the 57,826 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 557, or 0.96 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Capital Region	0.9%	0.5%	1.3%
Central New York	0.8%	1.1%	0.6%
Finger Lakes	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%
Long Island	1.1%	1.0%	1.5%
Mid-Hudson	0.9%	1.2%	1.5%
Mohawk Valley	0.9%	1.1%	0.5%
New York City	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%
North Country	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
Southern Tier	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%
Western New York	2.0%	1.9%	1.0%

The Governor also confirmed 557 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 440,578 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 440,578 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,840	7
Allegany	92	0
Broome	1,374	9
Cattaraugus	233	3
Cayuga	184	1
Chautauqua	477	1
Chemung	211	1
Chenango	239	4
Clinton	152	0
Columbia	576	0
Cortland	103	0
Delaware	125	1
Dutchess	4,944	5
Erie	10,346	26
Essex	149	0
Franklin	59	0
Fulton	312	0
Genesee	303	1
Greene	316	2
Hamilton	14	0
Herkimer	308	0
Jefferson	156	0
Lewis	49	0
Livingston	189	0
Madison	475	0
Monroe	5,602	17
Montgomery	215	0
Nassau	45,294	65
Niagara	1,659	5
NYC	236,434	222
Oneida	2,309	4
Onondaga	4,002	9
Ontario	413	5
Orange	11,535	10
Orleans	317	2
Oswego	331	2
Otsego	288	3
Putnam	1,539	5
Rensselaer	865	5
Rockland	14,439	21
Saratoga	900	7
Schenectady	1,322	8
Schoharie	73	0
Schuyler	29	1
Seneca	102	0
St. Lawrence	297	0
Steuben	323	3
Suffolk	45,356	52
Sullivan	1,544	0
Tioga	216	2
Tompkins	344	5
Ulster	2,203	0
Warren	331	5
Washington	271	1
Wayne	296	0
Westchester	37,314	37
Wyoming	127	0
Yates	62	0

Yesterday, there were 5 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,367. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: