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From the Governor May 8, 2020
Total Hospitalizations is down 8,156, New Hospitalizations 604
Deaths in Nursing Homes 45, in Hospitals 171
New York 216 New Deaths
LAST UPDATED: MAY 8, 2020 AT 2:30PM
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.
- New York State’s moratorium on COVID-related evictions will be extended until August 20th with fees for missed or late rent payments banned during the moratorium.
- The State Department of Health is investigating several cases of severe illness in children and child deaths that may be related to COVID-19.
- Due to a reduction in court services caused by COVID-19, the state is extending the window for victims to file time-barred cases under the Child Victims Act for an additional five months until January 14, 2021.
- Governor Cuomo announced the members of New York’s Reimagine Education Advisory Council—made up of educators, students, parents and education leaders— to help districts reimagine schools as they prepare to reopen.
- Dozens of events are scheduled across the state next week as part of the Nourish New York Initiative to help put food on the table for 20,000 households.
- The results of the state’s completed antibody testing study show 12.3 percent of the population have COVID-19 antibodies.
- A new contest asks New Yorkers to create and share a video explaining why wearing a mask in public is important. Interested applicants can go to wearamask.ny.gov.
- 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.
- Health care workers can text NYFRONTLINE to 741-741 to access 24/7 emotional support services.
- 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.
