NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New Jersey and Connecticut followed New York's lead on Tuesday and announced that 10 additional states were being added to their quarantine list, while Minnesota was being dropped off their lists, for a total of 31 states.
The new states are: Alaska, Delaware (which was previously removed from the list), Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington.
The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
The existing states on the list are:
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
North Carolina
New Mexico
Nevada
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday also announced that 66,169 tests were performed on Monday, 855 of which came back positive (1.29% of total).
Total hospitalizations are at 724. There were 2 COVID-19 fatalities Monday.
