Governor Cuomo Announces New York's COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop to Lowest Number Since March 18

518 Hospitalizations Yesterday

13th Straight Day with Infection Rate Below 1 Percent—0.74 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive

ICU Patients Match Previous Low of 120—Lowest Since March 16

5 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 3 Establishments

Confirms 601 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 427,803; New Cases in 44 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State's COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to 518—the lowest number since March 18. Yesterday's infection rate of 0.74 percent marked the 13th straight day with an infection rate below 1 percent. The number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs dropped to 120, matching the state's previous low since March 16. 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.

"Our state's continuing fight against COVID-19 has taken tremendous hard work and discipline from all New Yorkers, and we're seeing results—a new low for hospitalizations, 13 straight days of an infection rate below 1 percent and a match of a previous low for patients in ICUs," Governor Cuomo said. "I want to commend New Yorkers for practicing the basic daily behaviors—social distancing, washing hands and wearing masks—that make an enormous difference in our capacity to slow the spread, save lives and bring the state's infection rate from one of the nation's highest to one of its lowest. But now isn't the time to get complacent, and local governments must continue to enforce state guidance and New Yorkers must stay vigilant in the face of a continuing crisis throughout this country and around the world."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,230 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 3 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 1
Manhattan - 2

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 518 (-30)
Patients Newly Admitted - 62
Hospital Counties - 28
Number ICU - 120 (-11)
Number ICU with Intubation - 62 (+2)
Total Discharges - 74,406 (+78)
Deaths - 5
Total Deaths - 25,275

Of the 80,984 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 601, or 0.74 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%
Central New York	0.6%	0.7%	0.3%
Finger Lakes	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%
Long Island	1.1%	0.9%	0.8%
Mid-Hudson	1.3%	0.7%	0.8%
Mohawk Valley	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%
New York City	1.1%	0.8%	0.8%
North Country	0.5%	0.1%	1.2%
Southern Tier	0.3%	0.6%	0.6%
Western New York	0.8%	1.4%	1.0%

The Governor also confirmed 601 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 427,403 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 427,403 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,684	9
Allegany	81	1
Broome	1,196	7
Cattaraugus	174	1
Cayuga	164	0
Chautauqua	275	3
Chemung	193	2
Chenango	219	1
Clinton	135	1
Columbia	560	1
Cortland	98	1
Delaware	109	1
Dutchess	4,721	11
Erie	9,283	42
Essex	85	22
Franklin	56	0
Fulton	305	0
Genesee	290	1
Greene	301	1
Hamilton	12	1
Herkimer	284	0
Jefferson	143	0
Lewis	47	0
Livingston	178	0
Madison	424	0
Monroe	5,256	15
Montgomery	190	1
Nassau	44,112	49
Niagara	1,547	3
NYC	231,288	273
Oneida	2,222	4
Onondaga	3,719	7
Ontario	373	2
Orange	11,292	10
Orleans	303	0
Oswego	276	2
Otsego	123	1
Putnam	1,468	2
Rensselaer	809	5
Rockland	14,089	22
Saratoga	802	2
Schenectady	1,143	10
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	23	0
Seneca	95	0
St. Lawrence	264	0
Steuben	307	0
Suffolk	44,353	48
Sullivan	1,495	1
Tioga	203	4
Tompkins	240	2
Ulster	2,113	7
Warren	313	0
Washington	264	2
Wayne	270	0
Westchester	36,586	23
Wyoming	120	0
Yates	59	0

Yesterday, there were 5 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,275. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: