GOVERNOR CUOMO UPDATES NEW YORKERS ON STATE’S PROGRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

By CUOMO PRESS OFFICE | August 12, 2020


87,900 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday—New Record High

 Intubations Hit New Low—56—Since Mid-March

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

 10 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

 Confirms 737 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 423,440; New Cases in 43 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, 87,900 test results—a new record high—were reported to New York State. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

“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.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly 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 yesterday, 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 individuals 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

 

Yesterday, there were 10 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,228. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

 

Deaths by County of Residence
County New Deaths
Albany 1
Broome 3
Manhattan 1
Oneida 1
Onondaga 1
Queens 2
Rensselaer 1

 

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