Albany, N.Y. — Hospitalizations due to the coronavirus in New York fell on Thursday after several days of increases.
Hospitalizations totaled 826 on Thursday, down 25. Hospitalizations had increased slightly each of the three previous days, but have remained far below their peak of more than 18,000 over multiple days in April.
The number of people in intensive care units with the virus rose by five to 178, but the number of people intubated fell by six to 92. Earlier this week, intubations dropped below 100 for the first time since March.
Another 87 people were newly admitted to hospitals with the virus, up eight from the day before.
“New York’s Covid-19 numbers are stable and continue to trend in the right direction, but amid an alarming spike in cases throughout the nation and reports of lack of compliance here at home, it’s vitally important that residents continue practicing the behaviors that have successfully bent the curve,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press release.
Eight more people in the state died due to the virus on Thursday, the same number as the previous day.
The statewide death toll is now 24,968.
New York passed a new milestone in confirmed cases on Thursday as the total moved past 400,000 to 400,299.
The state conducted another 73,558 tests for the virus yesterday and 786 came back positive. That’s a positive testing rate of about 1.07%, which is largely consistent with recent days.
Central New York’s positive testing rate was 1.9% on Thursday, up from .8% Wednesday and 1.2% Tuesday. Cuomo has said repeatedly in recent weeks that numbers have been moving up and down slightly in regions across the state, but the overall trends remain encouraging.
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