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

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

8 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Confirms 584 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 399,513; New Cases in 46 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.

"New York continues to make progress fighting COVID-19 through a smart, data-driven approach and the thoughtful actions of everyday citizens, who've been practicing social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing," Governor Cuomo said. "But the surge in new cases and hospitalizations throughout the country - and the potential for those people to bring the virus into New York - combined with the complacency we've seen in parts of our own state is a potentially deadly mix. We need to stay vigilant and smart so we don't go back to the hell we experienced just two months ago. We are not out of the woods yet."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 851 (+10)
Patients Newly Admitted - 79 (-5)
Hospital Counties - 33
Number ICU - 173 (+7)
Number ICU with Intubation - 98 (+1)
Total Discharges - 71,279 (+94)
Deaths - 8
Total Deaths - 24,959

Of the 65,564 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 584, or 0.89 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.2%	0.9%	0.7%
Central New York	1.6%	1.2%	0.8%
Finger Lakes	0.9%	1.4%	0.9%
Long Island	1.0%	1.3%	0.9%
Mid-Hudson	0.9%	1.2%	0.6%
Mohawk Valley	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
New York City	1.1%	1.2%	1.0%
North Country	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
Southern Tier	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%
Western New York	1.4%	1.7%	0.9%

The Governor also confirmed 584 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 399,513 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 399,513 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,183	8
Allegany	64	0
Broome	770	4
Cattaraugus	131	1
Cayuga	124	2
Chautauqua	152	3
Chemung	148	1
Chenango	163	4
Clinton	107	1
Columbia	482	0
Cortland	55	1
Delaware	91	0
Dutchess	4,255	5
Erie	7,624	28
Essex	51	2
Franklin	34	1
Fulton	263	1
Genesee	244	0
Greene	263	0
Hamilton	6	0
Herkimer	182	1
Jefferson	95	1
Lewis	31	0
Livingston	140	3
Madison	368	0
Monroe	4,074	28
Montgomery	125	4
Nassau	42,164	42
Niagara	1,315	8
NYC	218,052	275
Oneida	1,791	15
Onondaga	3,050	21
Ontario	290	4
Orange	10,810	4
Orleans	286	0
Oswego	211	1
Otsego	86	0
Putnam	1,348	4
Rensselaer	586	6
Rockland	13,683	4
Saratoga	585	3
Schenectady	848	4
Schoharie	61	1
Schuyler	13	0
Seneca	73	2
St. Lawrence	227	0
Steuben	272	1
Suffolk	41,849	50
Sullivan	1,460	0
Tioga	151	1
Tompkins	180	0
Ulster	1,851	6
Warren	273	0
Washington	248	1
Wayne	195	2
Westchester	35,183	29
Wyoming	99	1
Yates	48	0