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

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.

"Too many leaders throughout the country are still playing politics with this virus," Governor Cuomo said. "Viruses respond to science and data -- not political opinion. We know the prescription: masks, social distancing, and hand washing. That's how we bent the curve in New York and that's how we've kept our numbers so low as we see frightening spikes in the rest of the country. We need to keep being smart -- and smart means enforcement of the health orders we've put in place that will keep us healthy and prevent us from going back to the hell we went through."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Patient Hospitalization - 765 (-48), lowest since March 18
• Patients Newly Admitted - 71 (+0)
• Hospital Counties - 32
• Number ICU - 179 (+14)
• Number ICU with Intubation - 98 (+10)
• Total Discharges - 71,970 (+103)
• Deaths - 10
• Total Deaths - 25,024

Of the 78,239 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 776, or 0.99 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

The Governor also confirmed 776 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 405,551 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 405,551 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

Yesterday, there were 10 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,024. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: