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

New York State to Directly Enforce State Guidance in Hot Spot ZIP Codes

20 ZIP Codes in Areas with Hot Spots - Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties - Have 4.8 Percent Positivity Rate

Statewide Positivity Excluding ZIP Codes in Hot Spot Areas is 0.91 Percent; 1.10 Percent with Hotspot ZIP Codes Included

14 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 785 Establishments; Observes 4 Establishments Not in Compliance

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the top 20 ZIP codes in areas that have seen recent outbreaks - Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties - 5,392 tests were conducted, yielding 261 positives or a 4.8 percent positivity rate. In the remainder of the state, 104,937 tests were conducted yielding 961 positives or a 0.91 percent positivity rate.

"Local governments have not done an effective job of enforcement in these hot spot ZIP codes. The State will be doing aggressive enforcement starting tomorrow," Governor Cuomo said. "As we saw with bars and restaurants, when the State initiated enforcement actions compliance greatly increased. However, the State cannot take over effective enforcement for every jurisdiction and if a local jurisdiction cannot or will not perform effective enforcement of violating entities, notify the State and we will close all business activity in the hot spots where the local governments cannot do compliance.

"I'm concerned about the lack of testing in the schools," Governor Cuomo continued. "If the localities do not do testing immediately in the schools in those areas, the State will close them immediately. We all want schools to reopen IF they can reopen safely. I have assured the parents of this State that I would not send my child to a school that I didn't know was safe. Without testing we can't assure parents and teachers of the safety of that school."

The governor also announced that New York State will deploy personnel to directly enforce state guidance within the hot spot ZIP codes. Enforcement has already begun and will increase this week. The new effort is modelled on the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force that has been enforcing state guidance at bars and restaurants in New York City and on Long Island. Local businesses that violate the law can be subject to fines and closures.

New York State continues to track clusters with a particular focus on areas where there are hot spot, cluster situations. Within the top 20 ZIP codes in counties with recent outbreaks - Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties - the average rate of positive tests is 4.8 percent. The rate of positive tests for the remainder of New York State, not counting these 20 ZIP codes, is 0.91 percent. These 20 ZIP codes contained 21 percent of all positive cases in New York State yesterday, but represent only 6.7 percent of the state's population.

Areas in hot spot communities, predominantly in Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties, will continue to be subject of focused testing efforts including access to rapid testing machines. The top 20 ZIP codes for highest positivity over the past seven days in these counties is available below:

COUNTY	ZIP	% POSITIVE 10/3	% POSITIVE 10/2	% POSITIVE - 3 DAY AVG	% POSITIVE - 7 DAY AVG	% POSITIVE - 14 DAY AVG
Orange	10950	13.7%	27.6%	21.2%	18.4%	17.3%
Rockland	10952	15.1%	9.5%	11.2%	13.5%	12.8%
Rockland	10977	8.6%	11.6%	11.4%	13.1%	11.8%
Kings	11223	11.3%	9.0%	9.4%	7.9%	7.0%
Rockland	10901	6.1%	5.1%	7.1%	7.5%	6.1%
Kings	11230	8.7%	6.5%	6.7%	6.6%	5.8%
Kings	11210	6.7%	5.5%	5.4%	5.7%	4.9%
Kings	11219	3.9%	4.0%	5.0%	5.1%	5.3%
Queens	11367	3.8%	4.1%	5.9%	4.6%	4.0%
Kings	11204	3.5%	3.4%	3.9%	4.2%	4.6%
Kings	11229	3.0%	5.4%	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%
Orange	12550	7.2%	5.0%	5.0%	3.5%	2.5%
Queens	11691	2.4%	3.0%	3.2%	3.5%	2.7%
Queens	11374	1.7%	2.9%	3.0%	3.2%	3.0%
Kings	11218	4.6%	2.6%	3.1%	2.9%	2.6%
Kings	11235	3.4%	2.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.4%
Kings	11234	2.5%	2.3%	2.1%	2.3%	2.1%
Queens	11432	3.2%	0.6%	2.3%	2.1%	1.8%
Kings	11211	3.2%	1.7%	2.3%	2.1%	1.7%
Queens	11375	1.0%	2.0%	1.7%	1.9%	1.4%

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 785 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 4 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 2
Nassau - 2

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 618 (-29)
Patients Newly Admitted - 72
Hospital Counties - 36
Number ICU - 138 (-11)
Number ICU with Intubation - 67 (-3)
Total Discharges - 77,090 (+86)
Deaths - 14
Total Deaths - 25,519

Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Capital Region	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%
Central New York	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Finger Lakes	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%
Long Island	1.3%	1.2%	0.9%
Mid-Hudson	2.6%	2.3%	1.4%
Mohawk Valley	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%
New York City	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%
North Country	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Southern Tier	1.0%	1.5%	1.1%
Western New York	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%

Each New York City borough's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

BOROUGH	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Bronx	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
Brooklyn	1.9%	2.3%	2.4%
Manhattan	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Queens	1.7%	1.2%	1.3%
Staten Island	1.5%	1.4%	1.1%

Of the 464,582 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	3,190	15
Allegany	124	0
Broome	1,947	51
Cattaraugus	303	1
Cayuga	231	3
Chautauqua	629	18
Chemung	721	70
Chenango	261	2
Clinton	166	1
Columbia	608	3
Cortland	223	18
Delaware	141	1
Dutchess	5,179	10
Erie	11,767	70
Essex	170	0
Franklin	70	2
Fulton	347	2
Genesee	344	2
Greene	347	7
Hamilton	15	0
Herkimer	346	2
Jefferson	176	0
Lewis	51	0
Livingston	211	1
Madison	503	0
Monroe	6,206	20
Montgomery	238	1
Nassau	47,246	79
Niagara	1,828	15
NYC	246,417	532
Oneida	2,478	10
Onondaga	4,537	9
Ontario	489	3
Orange	12,394	34
Orleans	337	0
Oswego	521	3
Otsego	346	2
Putnam	1,650	4
Rensselaer	944	7
Rockland	16,016	43
Saratoga	1,095	5
Schenectady	1,429	4
Schoharie	86	0
Schuyler	51	2
Seneca	110	0
St. Lawrence	335	2
Steuben	534	14
Suffolk	46,842	72
Sullivan	1,615	1
Tioga	274	10
Tompkins	445	7
Ulster	2,315	12
Warren	413	6
Washington	307	0
Wayne	332	0
Westchester	38,475	44
Wyoming	141	1
Yates	66	1

Yesterday, there were 14 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,519. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: