Albany, N.Y. — The positive test rate for the coronavirus in New York was 0.92% on Thursday, which marked the fourth straight week the rate was below 1%.
“Thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers across the state, New York has now gone four straight weeks with an infection rate below 1%,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press release. “But we cannot become complacent — we must continue to protect our progress.”
Central New York’s positive test rate was 0.6% on Thursday, compared with 0.6% on Wednesday and 0.7% on Tuesday, according to Cuomo’s office.
A total of 428 people in the state were in hospitals with the virus on Thursday, down two, and 116 were in intensive care units, down one. A total of 61 people were intubated, the same as the previous day.
Another 69 people were newly admitted to hospitals with the virus.
The state conducted another 93,395 tests for the virus on Thursday and confirmed 864 new cases. New York now has 437,971 confirmed cases of the virus.
Another five people in New York died due to the virus yesterday. The statewide death toll is now 25,348.
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