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6 states removed from travel advisory; Puerto Rico added

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Tue, Sep 15th 2020 03:00 pm

California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands & Ohio removed

Puerto Rico meets metrics to qualify

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced six states – California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada and Ohio – have been removed from New York state's COVID-19 travel advisory. The Northern Mariana Islands were also removed. Puerto Rico has been added.

The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and other helpful data points are available at forward.ny.gov.

"When other states and territories make progress fighting COVID-19, that's good for New York and, while I am glad to see areas removed from the travel advisory list, it still remains far too long," Cuomo said. "Make no mistake: We must continue to be ‘New York Tough’ and stay smart. Wearing masks, social distancing and hand washing is what tamed this beast in New York and we must keep it up."

The full, updated travel advisory list is below:

  1. Alaska
  2. Alabama
  3. Arkansas
  4. Delaware
  5. Florida
  6. Georgia
  7. Guam
  8. Iowa
  9. Idaho
  10. Illinois
  11. Indiana
  12. Kansas
  13. Kentucky
  14. Louisiana
  15. Missouri
  16. Mississippi
  17. Montana
  18. North Carolina
  19. North Dakota
  20. Nebraska
  21. Oklahoma
  22. Puerto Rico
  23. South Carolina
  24. South Dakota
  25. Tennessee
  26. Texas
  27. Utah
  28. Virginia
  29. Wisconsin
  30. West Virginia

On Monday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,109 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed five establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of the observed violations is below:

  • Queens – 1
  • Suffolk – 4

Tuesday’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient hospitalization – 481 (up 17)
  • Patients newly admitted – 60
  • Hospital counties – 32
  • Number ICU – 144 (up 1)
  • Number ICU with intubation – 60 (up 1)
  • Total discharges – 75,847 (up 33)
  • Deaths – 11
  • Total deaths – 25,405

Of the 73,678 test results reported to New York yesterday, 766 (1%) were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the past three days is as follows:

 

REGION

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Capital Region

1.0%

0.4%

0.8%

Central New York

2.0%

1.4%

1.7%

Finger Lakes

0.6%

0.8%

0.7%

Long Island

1.2%

0.9%

1.2%

Mid-Hudson

1.2%

1.6%

1.2%

Mohawk Valley

0.4%

0.4%

1.0%

New York City

0.8%

1.0%

1.1%

North Country

0.2%

0.5%

0.3%

Southern Tier

0.4%

0.1%

0.4%

Western New York

2.0%

1.2%

1.4%

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