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

0.85 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive; Seventh Straight Day of Percentage Reported Positive Under 1 Percent

3 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 12 Establishments

Confirms 727 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State -Bringing Statewide Total to 424,167; New Cases in 43 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, 87,900 test results—a new record high—were reported to New York State. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"On the numbers it's been extraordinary, so congratulations to New Yorkers because their actions created this result," Governor Cuomo said. "While the other states are seeing real trouble we are doing very well - we have to protect the progress from outside our borders and continue to enforce compliance within our state among establishments."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,332 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 12 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 1
Manhattan - 4
Queens - 2
Nassau - 5

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 554 (-1)
Patients Newly Admitted - 86
Hospital Counties - 28
Number ICU - 127 (+3)
Number ICU with Intubation - 59 (+3)
Total Discharges - 73,997 (+90)
Deaths - 3
Total Deaths - 25,232

Of the 85,455 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 727 or 0.85 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	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Central New York	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%
Finger Lakes	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
Long Island	0.9%	0.6%	0.8%
Mid-Hudson	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%
Mohawk Valley	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
New York City	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%
North Country	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
Southern Tier	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%
Western New York	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%

The Governor also confirmed 727 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 424,167 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 424,167 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,639	3
Allegany	80	0
Broome	1,165	12
Cattaraugus	169	0
Cayuga	163	1
Chautauqua	260	0
Chemung	187	3
Chenango	218	0
Clinton	130	1
Columbia	551	1
Cortland	97	0
Delaware	107	0
Dutchess	4,655	15
Erie	9,064	31
Essex	57	1
Franklin	54	0
Fulton	303	3
Genesee	284	4
Greene	296	0
Hamilton	8	0
Herkimer	278	0
Jefferson	143	1
Lewis	47	0
Livingston	178	2
Madison	419	2
Monroe	5,122	43
Montgomery	181	2
Nassau	43,840	45
Niagara	1,524	6
NYC	229,534	367
Oneida	2,189	6
Onondaga	3,646	19
Ontario	366	1
Orange	11,217	7
Orleans	299	0
Oswego	264	6
Otsego	118	0
Putnam	1,457	2
Rensselaer	785	3
Rockland	13,981	8
Saratoga	782	8
Schenectady	1,092	8
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	22	0
Seneca	93	1
St. Lawrence	263	0
Steuben	303	2
Suffolk	44,045	58
Sullivan	1,491	0
Tioga	195	1
Tompkins	236	2
Ulster	2,086	5
Warren	312	0
Washington	260	0
Wayne	265	2
Westchester	36,402	45
Wyoming	118	0
Yates	58	0

Yesterday, there were 3 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,232. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: