Governor Cuomo Announces COVID-19 Infection Rate Below 1 Percent for 19th Straight Day

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

3 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

New York State Monitoring Increase in Western New York Infection Rate

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 4 Establishments

Confirms 566 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 431,340; New Cases in 39 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State's rate of positive COVID-19 tests has been below 1 percent for 19 straight days. Yesterday, 0.79 percent of test results reported to New York State were positive. New York State is closely monitoring the recent increase in Western New York's infection rate. The governor also 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.

"We have good news for New Yorkers, who are continuing to act smart and united and disciplined. 0.79 percent is the infection rate, and it has been under 1 percent for 19 straight days, which is very good," Governor Cuomo said. "Our enforcement efforts are ongoing. The infection rate doesn't stay down for any reason other than as a consequence of our actions, so we're continuing to practice enforcement. Again, I call on local governments to enforce state guidance. They don't decide what opens and what closes, but they do the compliance and they have to do a better job."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 989 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 - 1
Queens - 1
Staten Island - 1
Suffolk - 1

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 492 (+4)
Patients Newly Admitted - 74
Hospital Counties - 32
Number ICU - 136 (+3)
Number ICU with Intubation - 54 (+2)
Total Discharges - 74,791 (+60)
Deaths - 3
Total Deaths - 25,305

Of the 71,189 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 566, or 0.79 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY
Capital Region	0.4%	1.4%	0.5%
Central New York	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%
Finger Lakes	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%
Long Island	0.6%	1.1%	0.9%
Mid-Hudson	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%
Mohawk Valley	0.2%	0.8%	0.2%
New York City	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%
North Country	0.1%	0.5%	0.6%
Southern Tier	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%
Western New York	1.1%	1.8%	1.4%

The Governor also confirmed 566 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 431,340 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 431,340 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,718	7
Allegany	86	0
Broome	1,268	12
Cattaraugus	185	1
Cayuga	175	1
Chautauqua	310	5
Chemung	194	0
Chenango	223	0
Clinton	147	1
Columbia	564	0
Cortland	98	0
Delaware	109	0
Dutchess	4,798	8
Erie	9,589	43
Essex	105	4
Franklin	57	1
Fulton	309	0
Genesee	292	1
Greene	306	1
Hamilton	13	0
Herkimer	292	2
Jefferson	146	0
Lewis	48	1
Livingston	181	0
Madison	435	1
Monroe	5,364	16
Montgomery	197	1
Nassau	44,403	55
Niagara	1,590	4
NYC	232,825	260
Oneida	2,259	3
Onondaga	3,801	9
Ontario	381	0
Orange	11,366	12
Orleans	305	1
Oswego	286	1
Otsego	124	0
Putnam	1,482	2
Rensselaer	822	3
Rockland	14,161	12
Saratoga	824	0
Schenectady	1,211	5
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	24	0
Seneca	98	2
St. Lawrence	267	0
Steuben	310	0
Suffolk	44,605	44
Sullivan	1,499	0
Tioga	206	0
Tompkins	248	3
Ulster	2,141	4
Warren	316	0
Washington	266	0
Wayne	277	2
Westchester	36,780	38
Wyoming	125	0
Yates	60	0

Yesterday, there were 3 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,305. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: