Cuomo: Infection rate in New York is back to below 1 percent

Posted: Sep 16, 2020 / 11:35 AM EDT / Updated: Sep 16, 2020 / 11:35 AM EDT

FILE – In this July 23, 2020 file photo, health care workers prepare a COVID-19 test sample before a person self-administered a test at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Miami. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Tuesday, New York’s streak of 38 consecutive days with a coronavirus infection rate less than 1 percent came to an end.

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced it had once dropped below 1 percent, to 0.87 percent.

“Our numbers continue to remain low, thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers, who rose to the occasion and ultimately flattened the curve,” Cuomo said.

The latest figures from the state show the North Country infection rate at .03 percent, tied for the second lowest in New York. There have been a total of 371 cases in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties.

“Having our infection rate come back down to 0.87 is great news for us – we don’t want to see our infection rate go over one percent for any period of time. There is no margin for error: It’s going to take all of us to keep wearing our masks, washing our hands and remaining socially distant.”

Wednesday’s data is summarized below:

Patient Hospitalization – 483 (+2)
Patients Newly Admitted – 69
Hospital Counties – 35
Number ICU – 138 (-6)
Number ICU with Intubation – 67 (+7)
Total Discharges – 75,903 (+56)
Deaths – 4
Total Deaths – 25,410

Of the 75,087 test results reported to New York State Tuesday, 652, or 0.87%, 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	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%
Central New York	1.4%	1.7%	1.1%
Finger Lakes	0.8%	0.7%	0.5%
Long Island	0.9%	1.2%	1.3%
Mid-Hudson	1.6%	1.2%	1.4%
Mohawk Valley	0.4%	1.0%	0.3%
New York City	1.0%	1.1%	0.8%
North Country	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%
Southern Tier	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%
Western New York	1.2%	1.4%	1.1%

The Governor also confirmed 652 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 446,366 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 446,366 total people who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,948	12
Allegany	94	0
Broome	1,428	5
Cattaraugus	245	3
Cayuga	193	2
Chautauqua	527	4
Chemung	275	6
Chenango	245	0
Clinton	154	0
Columbia	577	0
Cortland	137	0
Delaware	129	1
Dutchess	5,014	8
Erie	10,752	36
Essex	154	1
Franklin	63	0
Fulton	325	1
Genesee	307	0
Greene	318	0
Hamilton	14	0
Herkimer	314	1
Jefferson	158	0
Lewis	50	0
Livingston	197	1
Madison	480	0
Monroe	5,809	16
Montgomery	218	0
Nassau	45,906	66
Niagara	1,694	1
NYC	238,625	252
Oneida	2,359	3
Onondaga	4,133	19
Ontario	449	5
Orange	11,711	35
Orleans	322	0
Oswego	409	7
Otsego	318	2
Putnam	1,565	1
Rensselaer	887	3
Rockland	14,660	43
Saratoga	970	5
Schenectady	1,362	4
Schoharie	83	0
Schuyler	33	0
Seneca	104	0
St. Lawrence	310	2
Steuben	334	3
Suffolk	45,843	58
Sullivan	1,561	2
Tioga	221	0
Tompkins	386	2
Ulster	2,229	4
Warren	351	3
Washington	286	2
Wayne	304	0
Westchester	37,634	33
Wyoming	130	0
Yates	62	0

Tuesday, there were four deaths reported due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,410. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: