Governor Cuomo Announces Fourth Straight Week with COVID-19 Infection Rate Below 1 Percent

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

5 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 1,272 Establishments; Observes 6 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 864 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 437,971; New Cases in 47 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the fourth straight week that New York State's COVID-19 infection rate has remained below 1 percent. Yesterday, 0.92 percent of tests reported to the state were positive. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"Thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers across the state, New York has now gone four straight weeks with an infection rate below one percent," Governor Cuomo said. "Next week, malls in New York City and casinos across the state will be able to open, marking another milestone in our battle against COVID-19. But we cannot become complacent - we must continue to protect our progress. We must all continue to wear masks, social distance, wash our hands and above all, stay New York tough."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,272 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 6 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Bronx - 1
Manhattan - 1
Queens - 1
Nassau - 1
Suffolk - 2

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 428 (-2)

Patients Newly Admitted - 69

Hospital Counties - 33

Number ICU - 116 (-1)

Number ICU with Intubation - 61 (+0)

Total Discharges - 75,307 (+52)

Deaths - 5

Total Deaths - 25,348

Of the 93,395 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 864, or 0.92 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY
Capital Region	0.5%	0.8%	1.1%
Central New York	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%
Finger Lakes	0.2%	0.9%	0.8%
Long Island	0.8%	1.1%	1.4%
Mid-Hudson	0.9%	1.2%	1.0%
Mohawk Valley	0.9%	1.0%	1.5%
New York City	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%
North Country	0.6%	1.2%	0.4%
Southern Tier	0.6%	1.7%	0.8%
Western New York	1.7%	1.8%	1.6%

The Governor also confirmed 864 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 437,971 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 437,971 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,819	17
Allegany	90	0
Broome	1,342	9
Cattaraugus	223	1
Cayuga	181	0
Chautauqua	464	12
Chemung	206	1
Chenango	231	1
Clinton	152	0
Columbia	574	4
Cortland	102	0
Delaware	121	0
Dutchess	4,902	10
Erie	10,156	70
Essex	145	4
Franklin	59	0
Fulton	312	0
Genesee	300	2
Greene	313	3
Hamilton	14	0
Herkimer	306	1
Jefferson	154	0
Lewis	49	0
Livingston	188	1
Madison	474	7
Monroe	5,529	27
Montgomery	212	1
Nassau	45,008	84
Niagara	1,638	3
NYC	235,435	325
Oneida	2,295	9
Onondaga	3,947	10
Ontario	398	2
Orange	11,487	9
Orleans	307	1
Oswego	314	3
Otsego	235	26
Putnam	1,523	5
Rensselaer	854	6
Rockland	14,358	24
Saratoga	868	5
Schenectady	1,298	8
Schoharie	71	1
Schuyler	27	0
Seneca	102	1
St. Lawrence	291	4
Steuben	319	3
Suffolk	45,102	96
Sullivan	1,540	3
Tioga	211	1
Tompkins	308	5
Ulster	2,196	6
Warren	324	1
Washington	269	1
Wayne	288	5
Westchester	37,152	46
Wyoming	126	0
Yates	62	0

Yesterday, there were 5 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,348. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: