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From the Governor May 4, 2020
Total Hospitalizations is down 9,647, New Hospitalizations 717
Deaths in Nursing Homes 33, in Hospitals 193
New York 226 New Deaths
•Re-Opening is based on Data + Measures + Science. Core factors will determine when a region can re-open. Monitoring New Infections, Healthcare Capacity, Diagnostic Testing Capacity and Contact Tracing Capacity.
•Phased re-opening of business based on business safety precautions, regarding people, places and processes. Business Operations must be “reimagined.”
•Our efforts have saved lives, we must remain vigilant.
LAST UPDATED: MAY 4, 2020 AT 2:40PM
What You Need to Know
- Nonessential businesses will stay closed through May 15th.
- All K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed and continue to provide distance learning, meal delivery and childcare services for the remainder of the school year.
- Governor Cuomo issued executive orders 202.17 and 202.18 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.
- New Yorkers without health insurance can apply through NY State of Health through June 15, 2020; must apply within 60 days of losing coverage.
- Governor Cuomo outlined the four core factors to determine if a region can re-open: new infections, healthcare capacity, diagnostic testing capacity, and contact tracing capacity as well as outlining new safety precautions each business must implement.
- More than 1,000,000 New Yorkers have been tested for COVID-19.
- 300,000 testing kits have been made by the National Guard to collect samples, with 60,000 going to labs and hospitals in New York State.
- 35 counties that do not have significant risk of a COVID-19 surge in the near term can now resume elective outpatient treatments.
- The results of the state’s completed antibody testing study show 12.3 percent of the population have COVID-19 antibodies.
- Five new drive-through testing facilities have opened and are now accepting patients in Monroe, Erie, Broome, Niagara and Oneida Counties. Appointments can be made by calling 888-364-3065 or online at covid19screening.health.ny.gov.
- The state is partnering with the Kate Spade New York Foundation and Crisis Text Line to provide a 24/7 emotional support service for frontline health care workers: workers can text NYFRONTLINE to 741-741 to access these emotional support services.
- New York State-regulated health insurers will be required to waive cost-sharing, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, for in-network mental health services for frontline essential workers during COVID-19.
- 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.
