Governor Cuomo Announces Five States Removed from COVID-19 Travel Advisory Requiring 14-Day Quarantines

Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland and Montana Are Removed

Guam Meets Metrics to Qualify

18th Straight Day with Positivity Rate Below 1 Percent; 0.94 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive

2 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday—Matching Previous Low; No Deaths Reported in NYC

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 2 Establishments

Confirms 629 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 430,774; New Cases in 42 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that five states—Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland and Montana—have been removed from New York State's COVID-19 travel advisory. Guam has been added. 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 has had a rate of positive tests below 1 percent for 18 straight days. Yesterday, 2 deaths were reported from COVID-19, matching the state's previous low. No deaths were reported in New York City. The governor also 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.

"New Yorkers made enormous sacrifices to get our numbers as low as they are today, and we don't want to give up an inch of that hard-earned progress. That's why these travel advisory precautions are so important - we don't want people who travel to states with high community spread to bring the virus back here," Governor Cuomo said. "While it's good news that five states have been removed from the travel advisory, the list remains far too long as America continues to struggle with COVID-19. New Yorkers should stay vigilant and be careful—wear a mask, socially distance, and be smart. This pandemic is not over."

The full, updated travel advisory list is below:

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Wisconsin

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,024 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 2 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Brooklyn - 1
Queens - 1

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 488 (+6)
Patients Newly Admitted - 63
Hospital Counties - 34
Number ICU - 133 (+13)
Number ICU with Intubation - 52 (-2)
Total Discharges - 74,731 (+47)
Deaths - 2
Total Deaths - 25,297

Of the 67,255 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 629, or 0.94 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Capital Region	0.5%	0.4%	1.4%
Central New York	0.2%	0.7%	0.8%
Finger Lakes	0.5%	0.3%	0.5%
Long Island	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%
Mid-Hudson	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%
Mohawk Valley	0.2%	0.2%	0.8%
New York City	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%
North Country	0.3%	0.1%	0.5%
Southern Tier	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%
Western New York	1.8%	1.1%	1.8%

The Governor also confirmed 629 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 430,774 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 430,774 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,711	10
Allegany	86	1
Broome	1,256	6
Cattaraugus	184	2
Cayuga	174	7
Chautauqua	305	16
Chemung	194	0
Chenango	223	0
Clinton	146	4
Columbia	564	2
Cortland	98	0
Delaware	109	0
Dutchess	4,790	13
Erie	9,546	55
Essex	101	1
Franklin	56	0
Fulton	309	0
Genesee	291	1
Greene	305	0
Hamilton	13	1
Herkimer	290	1
Jefferson	146	1
Lewis	47	0
Livingston	181	1
Madison	434	2
Monroe	5,348	18
Montgomery	196	0
Nassau	44,348	64
Niagara	1,586	10
NYC	232,565	231
Oneida	2,256	11
Onondaga	3,792	24
Ontario	381	0
Orange	11,354	11
Orleans	304	0
Oswego	285	3
Otsego	124	0
Putnam	1,480	5
Rensselaer	819	1
Rockland	14,149	10
Saratoga	824	8
Schenectady	1,206	24
Schoharie	69	0
Schuyler	24	0
Seneca	96	1
St. Lawrence	267	0
Steuben	310	0
Suffolk	44,561	42
Sullivan	1,499	4
Tioga	206	0
Tompkins	245	1
Ulster	2,137	3
Warren	316	1
Washington	266	0
Wayne	275	0
Westchester	36,742	32
Wyoming	125	1
Yates	60	0

Yesterday, there were 2 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,297. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: