Coronavirus hospitalizations drop below 800 for first time since March in NYS

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Governor Cuomo Saturday updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitalizations reportedly dropped below 800 for the first time since March 18, and the three-day average death toll—7—is the lowest since March 16.

Throughout this pandemic, we’ve made progress by recognizing that state and local governments can’t fight the virus on their own—the efforts of everyday New Yorkers to socially distance, wear masks and wash their hands are central to our ability to slow the spread and save lives,” Governor Cuomo said. “As we allow ourselves to celebrate some good news—that hospitalizations have dropped below 800 for the first time since March 18 and the three-day average death toll is at its lowest since March 16—I urge residents to stay New York Tough and not give up the ground we’ve worked so hard to gain together, particularly in the face of rising cases throughout the country and compliance issues here at home.”

Saturday’s data is summarized briefly below:

• Patient Hospitalization – 799 (-27)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 75 (-12)
• Hospital Counties – 28
• Number ICU – 177 (-1)
• Number ICU with Intubation – 100 (+8)
• Total Discharges – 71,477 (+106)
• Deaths – 6
• Total Deaths – 24,974

Of the 69,203 tests conducted in New York State Friday, 730, or 1.05 percent, were reported positive. Each region’s percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Capital Region	0.7%	0.7%	1.2%
Central New York	0.8%	1.9%	1.7%
Finger Lakes	0.9%	1.7%	1.0%
Long Island	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%
Mid-Hudson	0.6%	0.9%	0.8%
Mohawk Valley	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%
New York City	1.0%	1.1%	1.0%
North Country	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%
Southern Tier	0.7%	1.3%	1.5%
Western New York	0.9%	1.0%	1.9%

The Governor also confirmed 730 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 401,029 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 401,029 total people who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,208	18
Allegany	66	2
Broome	807	23
Cattaraugus	138	4
Cayuga	126	2
Chautauqua	170	15
Chemung	148	0
Chenango	166	0
Clinton	108	1
Columbia	485	3
Cortland	58	2
Delaware	91	0
Dutchess	4,269	7
Erie	7,711	51
Essex	51	0
Franklin	35	0
Fulton	265	1
Genesee	247	1
Greene	265	1
Hamilton	6	0
Herkimer	188	4
Jefferson	95	0
Lewis	31	0
Livingston	145	1
Madison	374	3
Monroe	4,153	33
Montgomery	130	2
Nassau	42,267	35
Niagara	1,334	7
NYC	218,710	307
Oneida	1,818	12
Onondaga	3,100	22
Ontario	296	3
Orange	10,830	10
Orleans	287	0
Oswego	219	3
Otsego	88	0
Putnam	1,361	6
Rensselaer	593	5
Rockland	13,700	9
Saratoga	595	8
Schenectady	856	4
Schoharie	62	0
Schuyler	15	2
Seneca	74	1
St. Lawrence	230	3
Steuben	274	2
Suffolk	41,987	76
Sullivan	1,464	0
Tioga	160	1
Tompkins	183	2
Ulster	1,855	2
Warren	274	0
Washington	249	0
Wayne	203	2
Westchester	35,260	34
Wyoming	101	0
Yates	48	0