Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“New York is in the midst of a sea of division and a national COVID surge. All around us, the COVID infection rate is going up. You see it in states all across the nation, in countries around the globe, and in contiguous states,” Governor Cuomo said. “So we should be on high alert and we should be even more diligent, because the virus spreads across state boundaries, and we’re in the party season. All I can do is warn New Yorkers and ask them to remember what worked for us: discipline and smarts. And we have to keep it up because these are dangerous times. We’re going to stay with the micro-cluster approach because it has worked, but these are dangerous times all around and we need to stay vigilant.”
The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 3.50 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 1.48 percent. Within the focus areas, 10,503 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 368 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 85,598 test results were reported, yielding 1,265 positives.
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Patient Hospitalization – 1,151 (+26)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 130
- Hospital Counties – 50
- Number ICU – 276 (+17)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 116 (-1)
- Total Discharges – 79,915 (+84)
- Deaths – 14
- Total Deaths – 25,838
Yesterday, 14 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,838.
