Gov. Cuomo provides Thursday coronavirus update for NYS

Posted: Aug 13, 2020 / 10:52 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 13, 2020 / 11:03 AM EDT

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo addresses the media on April 24, 2020, while holding an N95 mask sent by a retired Kansas farmer whose wife only has one lung. (Darren McGee / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo / AP)

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Governor Cuomo Thursday updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Wednesday, 87,900 test results—a new record high—were reported to New York State.

“New York State continues to stay vigilant in the face of an ongoing crisis across the country as we pursue a phased reopening,” Governor Cuomo said. “Yesterday we did a record-high number of tests – which is critical to our cautious, data-driven reopening strategy – and we’ll keep closely monitoring the numbers we receive daily. In the meantime, New Yorkers shouldn’t get complacent—wear masks, stay socially distanced and wash your hands—and local governments must continue to enforce our guidance throughout the state so we don’t go back to the hell we experienced just a couple months ago.”

Thursday’s data is summarized below:

Patient Hospitalization – 555 (-3)
Patients Newly Admitted – 86
Hospital Counties – 29
Number ICU – 124 (+1)
Number ICU with Intubation – 56 (-6)
Total Discharges – 73,907 (+65)
Deaths – 10
Total Deaths – 25,228

Of the 87,900 test results reported to New York State Wednesday, 737 or 0.84 percent, were positive. Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.2%	0.7%	0.7%
Central New York	0.4%	0.8%	1.0%
Finger Lakes	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%
Long Island	0.8%	0.9%	0.6%
Mid-Hudson	0.7%	1.0%	0.8%
Mohawk Valley	1.3%	0.5%	0.4%
New York City	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%
North Country	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
Southern Tier	0.6%	0.3%	0.5%
Western New York	1.3%	0.5%	0.7%

The Governor also confirmed 737 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 423,440 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 423,440 total people who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,636	12
Allegany	80	0
Broome	1,153	3
Cattaraugus	169	1
Cayuga	162	1
Chautauqua	260	2
Chemung	184	7
Chenango	218	0
Clinton	129	0
Columbia	550	2
Cortland	97	1
Delaware	107	1
Dutchess	4,640	9
Erie	9,033	20
Essex	56	0
Franklin	54	0
Fulton	300	1
Genesee	280	0
Greene	296	1
Hamilton	8	0
Herkimer	278	1
Jefferson	142	0
Lewis	47	1
Livingston	176	0
Madison	417	3
Monroe	5,079	44
Montgomery	179	2
Nassau	43,795	34
Niagara	1,518	4
NYC	229,167	438
Oneida	2,183	3
Onondaga	3,627	14
Ontario	365	2
Orange	11,210	19
Orleans	299	1
Oswego	258	1
Otsego	118	0
Putnam	1,455	5
Rensselaer	782	2
Rockland	13,973	7
Saratoga	774	6
Schenectady	1,084	5
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	22	0
Seneca	92	1
St. Lawrence	263	0
Steuben	301	1
Suffolk	43,987	39
Sullivan	1,491	0
Tioga	194	0
Tompkins	234	0
Ulster	2,081	4
Warren	312	0
Washington	260	0
Wayne	263	5
Westchester	36,357	33
Wyoming	118	0
Yates	58	1

Wednesday, there were ten deaths reported due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,228. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: