Governor Cuomo Announces Four States Added to Travel Advisory Requiring 14-Day Quarantines

 

Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia Meet Metrics to Qualify for Travel Advisory; Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Are Removed

0.96 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive; 32 Straight Days with Infection Rate Below 1 Percent

5 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Visits 929 Establishments; Observes 8 Establishments Not in Compliance

Confirms 557 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 440,578; New Cases in 40 Counties

 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced four additional states—Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia—meet the metrics to qualify for New York State's COVID-19 travel advisory. Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands have been removed. The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from an area with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or an area with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.

New York State's COVID-19 infection rate has been below 1 percent for 32 straight days. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"Individuals coming from other states continue to be a problem, and today we're adding four more states to New York's travel advisory. We now have 35 high-risk states in this country, which is incredible," Governor Cuomo said. "We're entering a new, different post-Labor Day phase. After Labor Day, people start to get back to work, schools are opening, activity is increasing, colleges are opening, you see traffic starting to increase. So we have to keep that in mind as we move forward and we need to remain vigilant and smart so that we don't backslide."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 929 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 8 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

• Bronx - 1
• Manhattan - 1
• Queens - 2
• Nassau - 4

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Patient Hospitalization - 445 (+32)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 70
• Hospital Counties - 33
• Number ICU - 114 (-1)
• Number ICU with Intubation - 52 (-5)
• Total Discharges - 75,503 (+32)
• Deaths - 5
• Total Deaths - 25,367