July 15, 2020
Albany, NY

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

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

9 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Confirms 831 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 404,006; New Cases in 47 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 Yorkers brought the curve down by making big changes, and we see that work reflected in the numbers every day," Governor Cuomo said. "But we must continue to be smart - by wearing a mask, social distancing and washing our hands, we all have a role to play in protecting the progress we've made and leading the rest of the nation by example. We cannot go back to the hell we experienced three months ago, so please stay vigilant and New York Tough."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization - 831 (+11)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 94 (+23)
  • Hospital Counties - 31
  • Number ICU - 165 (-2)
  • Number ICU with Intubation - 94 (-7)
  • Total Discharges - 71,782 (+90)
  • Deaths - 9
  • Total Deaths - 25,003

Of the 63,598 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 831, or 1.30 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

REGION

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Capital Region

0.9%

1.7%

2.1%

Central New York

1.0%

1.3%

1.3%

Finger Lakes

1.0%

1.4%

1.2%

Long Island

1.5%

2.0%

1.0%

Mid-Hudson

0.8%

1.6%

1.4%

Mohawk Valley

0.8%

1.6%

1.0%

New York City

1.1%

1.4%

1.3%

North Country

0.2%

0.5%

0.3%

Southern Tier

0.9%

0.8%

1.3%

Western New York

1.1%

2.0%

1.6%

The Governor also confirmed 831 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 404,006 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 404,006 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

2,280

33

Allegany

69

1

Broome

852

11

Cattaraugus

141

2

Cayuga

128

1

Chautauqua

186

6

Chemung

151

2

Chenango

175

4

Clinton

111

1

Columbia

489

0

Cortland

61

2

Delaware

92

0

Dutchess

4,337

19

Erie

7,891

58

Essex

51

0

Franklin

37

1

Fulton

266

0

Genesee

254

2

Greene

271

4

Hamilton

6

0

Herkimer

197

2

Jefferson

100

0

Lewis

32

0

Livingston

151

0

Madison

376

0

Monroe

4,281

34

Montgomery

141

0

Nassau

42,462

39

Niagara

1,356

5

NYC

219,982

366

Oneida

1,860

13

Onondaga

3,203

24

Ontario

312

5

Orange

10,878

28

Orleans

288

0

Oswego

226

1

Otsego

91

1

Putnam

1,382

6

Rensselaer

632

7

Rockland

13,743

10

Saratoga

623

7

Schenectady

891

8

Schoharie

62

0

Schuyler

15

0

Seneca

76

2

St. Lawrence

234

1

Steuben

279

1

Suffolk

42,267

53

Sullivan

1,467

1

Tioga

163

2

Tompkins

198

12

Ulster

1,888

16

Warren

284

4

Washington

250

0

Wayne

221

7

Westchester

35,394

28

Wyoming

103

0

Yates

50

1

Yesterday, there were 9 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,003. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Bronx

1

Broome

1

Erie

2

Manhattan

1

Nassau

1

Ontario

1

Queens

1

Westchester

1

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