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

By CUOMO PRESS OFFICE | August 5, 2020


 

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

4 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Confirms 636 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 418,225; New Cases in 42 Counties 

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today 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.

“Our progress is thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers – even after two and a half months of reopening, the numbers have continued to go down,” Governor Cuomo said. “But we learned from this crisis that nobody is safe until everybody is safe, and an outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere. Surging infection rates across the country threaten that progress, so we must continue to wear our masks, socially distance and stay New York Tough.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization – 564 (-4)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 82
  • Hospital Counties – 30
  • Number ICU – 134 (-5)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 69 (+0)
  • Total Discharges – 73,410 (+84)
  • Deaths – 4
  • Total Deaths – 25,179

 

Of the 72,668 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 636, or 0.87 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 0.9% 1.1% 0.9%
Central New York 0.7% 0.7% 0.5%
Finger Lakes 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%
Long Island 1.3% 1.3% 1.2%
Mid-Hudson 0.9% 1.0% 0.8%
Mohawk Valley 1.0% 1.7% 1.0%
New York City 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%
North Country 0.0% 0.6% 0.2%
Southern Tier 0.9% 0.9% 0.5%
Western New York 2.2% 1.1% 0.5%

 

The Governor also confirmed 636 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 418,225 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 418,225 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

 

County Total Positive New Positive
Albany 2556 13
Allegany 76 1
Broome 1,082 4
Cattaraugus 164 0
Cayuga 150 0
Chautauqua 241 0
Chemung 165 2
Chenango 212 0
Clinton 127 0
Columbia 531 2
Cortland 94 1
Delaware 104 0
Dutchess 4,568 11
Erie 8,702 35
Essex 55 0
Franklin 52 2
Fulton 287 2
Genesee 274 1
Greene 289 0
Hamilton 7 0
Herkimer 264 2
Jefferson 140 1
Lewis 37 0
Livingston 171 1
Madison 406 1
Monroe 4,841 20
Montgomery 161 1
Nassau 43,482 46
Niagara 1,466 8
NYC 226,581 301
Oneida 2,114 11
Onondaga 3,525 10
Ontario 352 0
Orange 11,113 8
Orleans 297 2
Oswego 250 1
Otsego 115 0
Putnam 1,439 2
Rensselaer 755 7
Rockland 13,903 10
Saratoga 744 5
Schenectady 1,045 4
Schoharie 68 0
Schuyler 22 0
Seneca 86 0
St. Lawrence 262 0
Steuben 297 3
Suffolk 43,553 85
Sullivan 1,485 1
Tioga 193 2
Tompkins 231 1
Ulster 2,039 0
Warren 304 2
Washington 255 0
Wayne 248 0
Westchester 36,075 26
Wyoming 114 1
Yates 56 0

 

Yesterday, there were 4 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,179. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

 

Deaths by County of Residence
County New Deaths
Bronx 1
Kings 1
Onondaga 1
Schenectady 1

 

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