For the all the latest Local information on COVID-19 including:
•Number of Positive Cases by County
•A Map of Confirmed Cases
•Closures
•Related News Articles
•Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
•A COVID-19 Guide
Visit www.rochesterregional.org
New website www.covid19tracker.health.ny.gov to provide New York’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Testing Data to the public.
From the Governor April 16, 2020
New formula to determine numbers is a net 3-day average.
Total Hospitalizations 17,735, 1,996 New
ICU Patient Admissions – -134
Intubations – -40
Deaths in Nursing Homes – 29, in Hospitals 577
Deaths in New York – 606 New Deaths
These figures mean we can control the virus. How do we Un-Pause – control the rate of infection, we test and trace.
Returning to a new normal. We must decide what businesses are essential and how these businesses can be safer. We must re-imagine the workplace – how to social distance in the workplace.
Testing needs to expand. We need to strengthen our healthcare system.
We will be sending 100 ventilators to New Jersey.
Our key to recovery is to not increase the rate of infection. New York Pause has worked, but we are not there yet. We must continue doing what we are doing. We must wear a mask, a simple measure that will save lives. Everyone in public places must wear a mask effective Friday, April 17 at 8PM.
New York Pause is extended through May 15th.
What can you do? Wear a mask, wash hands, maintain social distance, educate your children, use hand sanitizer and make smart choices.
New Yorkers will do the right thing.
LAST UPDATED: APRIL 16, 2020 AT 1:OOPM
What You Need to Know
- Schools and nonessential businesses will stay closed through May 15th.
- Governor Cuomo issued an executive order requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles.
- An executive order directs employers to provide essential workers with masks free of charge to wear when interacting with the public.
- NYS will conduct antibody tests prioritizing frontline workers beginning this week.
- Governor Cuomo and several northeast state Governors announced the creation of a multi-state council to restore the economy.
- New COVID-19 testing facilities are opening downstate, primarily in minority communities. Find testing site locations and hours or operation.
- New Yorkers who have recovered from COVID-19 are encouraged to donate blood. Here’s information on how to donate.
- New Yorkers without health insurance can apply through NY State of Health through May 15, 2020; must apply within 60 days of losing coverage.
- New Yorkers can call the COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline at 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.
- Testing is free for all eligible New Yorkers as ordered by a health care provider.
- Your local health department is your community contact for COVID-19 concerns.
