NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – New York state reported another 15,355 coronavirus cases on Sunday, and New Jersey recorded 5,032, as hospitalizations continued to decline in both states.
The 15,355 new cases in New York were out of 246,836 tests on Saturday for a statewide positivity rate of 6.22%. That’s a slight drop from the 6.57% positivity rate the day before, when 16,943 cases were reported.
Of the new cases, 5,319 were in New York City.
The state's total hospitalizations declined by 43 to 8,484. There were 998 patients admitted to hospitals and 947 discharged.
However, the number of patients in intensive care rose by eight to 1,436. The number of intubated patients also rose, by 16, to 892.
New York reported another 151 deaths; 42 of them were in the five boroughs.
On Saturday, Cuomo announced that three more cases of the mutant U.K. COVID strain were found in the state, including one case on Long Island.
A day after New Jersey reported a record 6,435 new cases, Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that there were 5,032 more cases in his state.
The largest share of cases were reported in Middlesex County, where there were 549. Monmouth County reported 536 cases and Bergen County recorded 430.
The Garden State also reported 32 more deaths from the virus.
Statewide hospitalizations declined from 3,638 to 3,589. There were 625 patients in intensive care and 431 patients on ventilators.
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