June 22, 2020
Albany, NY

Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress During COVID-19 Pandemic

Mid-Hudson Valley Cleared to Enter Phase 3 of Reopening Tomorrow

Long Island on Track to Enter Phase 3 Wednesday

Less than One Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive

10 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday, Lowest Since March 21

Confirms 552 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 388,488; New Cases in 38 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today 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.

The Governor also announced that global public health experts cleared the Mid-Hudson Valley to enter Phase 3 of reopening tomorrow. Long Island is on track to enter Phase 3 of reopening Wednesday. Business guidance for Phase Three of the state's reopening plan is available here.

"In New York, we've been following the science and the data and the metrics from day one. We have the best numbers that we've had since this started today in New York," Governor Cuomo said. "Yesterday, we only had ten deaths, down from a high of 800. We have about 1,000 people in our hospitals, which is one of the lowest numbers we've had since this began. Because of the changes New Yorkers made, we now have the lowest transmission rate in the United States of America."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Deaths: 10, lowest since March 21st
  • Hospitalizations: 1,122 (down from 1,142 the day before)
  • ICU Hospitalizations: 330
  • ICU Hospitalizations that are Intubated: 228
  • Total Discharges: 69,710

Of the 56,780 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 552, or .97 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

REGION

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

New York City

1.10%

1.20%

1.10%

Capital Region

0.70%

0.40%

0.70%

Central New York

0.60%

0.90%

0.70%

Finger Lakes

1.10%

0.40%

0.70%

Long Island

1.10%

1.00%

0.90%

Hudson Valley

1.10%

1.00%

1.00%

Mohawk Valley

1.80%

1.00%

1.40%

North Country

0.40%

0.20%

0.10%

Southern Tier

0.40%

0.30%

0.30%

Western New York

0.80%

0.80%

1.00%

The Governor also confirmed 552 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 388,488 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 388,488 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

2,060

6

Allegany

58

0

Broome

670

2

Cattaraugus

115

0

Cayuga

108

0

Chautauqua

116

0

Chemung

139

0

Chenango

140

1

Clinton

100

0

Columbia

452

1

Cortland

44

0

Delaware

90

0

Dutchess

4,145

7

Erie

7,035

31

Essex

41

0

Franklin

27

0

Fulton

244

1

Genesee

225

3

Greene

256

0

Hamilton

6

0

Herkimer

137

1

Jefferson

84

0

Lewis

23

0

Livingston

124

1

Madison

347

2

Monroe

3,512

14

Montgomery

108

2

Nassau

41,513

34

Niagara

1,193

1

NYC

212,741

295

Oneida

1,416

23

Onondaga

2,675

9

Ontario

242

2

Orange

10,654

6

Orleans

276

0

Oswego

173

0

Otsego

83

1

Putnam

1,305

4

Rensselaer

528

4

Rockland

13,514

10

Saratoga

535

2

Schenectady

761

7

Schoharie

57

0

Schuyler

12

0

Seneca

64

0

St. Lawrence

217

1

Steuben

263

2

Suffolk

41,010

38

Sullivan

1,438

1

Tioga

140

0

Tompkins

175

0

Ulster

1,756

2

Warren

262

1

Washington

244

0

Wayne

143

0

Westchester

34,557

36

Wyoming

93

0

Yates

42

1

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