Five States Added to Incoming Travel Advisory

Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming Meet Metrics to Qualify; No Areas Are Removed

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

3 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 1,023 Establishments; Observes 3 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 754 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 451,227; New Cases in 43 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that five states—Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming—have been added to New York State’s COVID-19 travel advisory. No areas have been removed. The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from an area with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or an area with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average. 

The governor also announced that New York State has now conducted 10 million COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov

«For a clear example of the continuing extent of the COVID crisis in America, look no further than New York’s travel advisory list. The virus’ spread across the country—new cases have increased more than 15 percent in the last 10 days—makes it all the more urgent that we stay vigilant here at home,» Governor Cuomo said. «That’s why New Yorkers need to continue wearing masks, socially distancing and washing their hands in conjunction with the careful enforcement of local governments. We can defeat this virus by staying New York Tough, but we have a long way to go.»

The full, updated travel advisory list is below:

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • Arizona
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Guam
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Oklahoma
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • West Virginia
  • Wyoming

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,023 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 3 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday’s observed violations is below:

  • Nassau – 3

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization – 470 (+2)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 43
  • Hospital Counties – 31
  • Number ICU – 133 (-1)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 67 (+1)
  • Total Discharges – 76,246 (+28)
  • Deaths – 3
  • Total Deaths – 25,432

Of the 83,997 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 754, or 0.89 percent, were positive. Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGIONSATURDAYSUNDAYMONDAY
Capital Region0.5%1.0%0.5%
Central New York1.2%1.2%1.5%
Finger Lakes0.4%0.8%0.3%
Long Island0.9%0.9%1.1%
Mid-Hudson1.0%1.1%1.2%
Mohawk Valley0.4%0.2%0.2%
New York City0.9%1.0%1.0%
North Country0.5%0.0%0.4%
Southern Tier0.4%0.7%0.4%
Western New York1.6%1.6%1.2%

The Governor also confirmed 754 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 451,227 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 451,227 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

CountyTotal PositiveNew Positive
Albany3,03713
Allegany990
Broome1,4764
Cattaraugus2550
Cayuga2023
Chautauqua5476
Chemung34911
Chenango2480
Clinton1551
Columbia5820
Cortland1621
Delaware1311
Dutchess5,0848
Erie11,08240
Essex1611
Franklin650
Fulton3320
Genesee3171
Greene3211
Hamilton150
Herkimer3221
Jefferson1641
Lewis500
Livingston2021
Madison4891
Monroe5,92514
Montgomery2292
Nassau46,32566
Niagara1,7335
NYC240,807351
Oneida2,3780
Onondaga4,25322
Ontario4651
Orange11,83513
Orleans3251
Oswego4648
Otsego3320
Putnam1,5836
Rensselaer9010
Rockland14,89158
Saratoga1,0062
Schenectady1,3830
Schoharie830
Schuyler391
Seneca1050
St. Lawrence3191
Steuben3607
Suffolk46,17667
Sullivan1,5730
Tioga2251
Tompkins3991
Ulster2,2442
Warren3630
Washington2881
Wayne3110
Westchester37,86629
Wyoming1320
Yates620

Yesterday, there were 3 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,432. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
CountyNew Deaths
Erie1
Kings1
Manhattan1

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