Governor Cuomo Announces One Month with COVID-19 Infection Rate Below 1 Percent

0.88 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive

2 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 1,064 Establishments; Observes 7 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 520 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 440,021; New Cases in 42 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced for one month, or 31 days, that New York State's COVID-19 infection rate has remained below 1 percent. Yesterday, 0.88 percent of tests reported to the state were positive. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"Thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers, our state has now gone a full month with our COVID infection rate remaining below one percent," Governor Cuomo said. "Our numbers have continued to remain stable even as we reach new milestones in our phased, data-driven reopening. As we close out this Labor Day Weekend, I urge everyone to remain smart so we can continue to celebrate our progress in the weeks and months ahead. It took the work of all of us to get here, and to protect this progress we will need to all continue to wash our hands, wear our masks, remain socially distant and above all, stay New York tough."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,064 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 7 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 1
Manhattan - 1
Suffolk - 5

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 413 (+3)
Patients Newly Admitted - 49
Hospital Counties - 33
Number ICU - 115 (-4)
Number ICU with Intubation - 57 (+1)
Total Discharges - 75,471 (+46)
Deaths - 2
Total Deaths - 25,361

Of the 58,865 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 520, or 0.88 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
Capital Region	0.5%	0.9%	0.5%
Central New York	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%
Finger Lakes	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%
Long Island	1.5%	1.1%	1.0%
Mid-Hudson	1.1%	0.9%	1.2%
Mohawk Valley	0.7%	0.9%	1.1%
New York City	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
North Country	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Southern Tier	0.2%	0.5%	0.4%
Western New York	1.2%	2.0%	1.9%

The Governor also confirmed 520 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 440,021 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 440,021 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,833	2
Allegany	92	0
Broome	1,365	8
Cattaraugus	230	1
Cayuga	183	0
Chautauqua	476	1
Chemung	210	2
Chenango	235	0
Clinton	152	0
Columbia	576	1
Cortland	103	0
Delaware	124	1
Dutchess	4,939	11
Erie	10,320	54
Essex	149	1
Franklin	59	0
Fulton	312	0
Genesee	302	1
Greene	314	0
Hamilton	14	0
Herkimer	308	0
Jefferson	156	2
Lewis	49	0
Livingston	189	0
Madison	475	1
Monroe	5,585	13
Montgomery	215	0
Nassau	45,229	36
Niagara	1,654	4
NYC	236,212	203
Oneida	2,305	3
Onondaga	3,993	10
Ontario	408	3
Orange	11,525	10
Orleans	315	1
Oswego	329	4
Otsego	285	17
Putnam	1,534	3
Rensselaer	860	1
Rockland	14,418	22
Saratoga	893	4
Schenectady	1,314	4
Schoharie	73	0
Schuyler	28	0
Seneca	102	0
St. Lawrence	297	1
Steuben	320	0
Suffolk	45,304	46
Sullivan	1,544	1
Tioga	214	2
Tompkins	339	7
Ulster	2,203	2
Warren	326	0
Washington	270	0
Wayne	296	5
Westchester	37,277	31
Wyoming	127	1
Yates	62	0

Yesterday, there were 2 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,361. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: