NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York state rose above 900 again on Thursday, and 10 more New Yorkers died of complications related to the virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
As of Thursday, 918 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19, up by 21 from Wednesday, when 897 New Yorkers were hospitalized, Cuomo said in a press release.
Two hundred of the 918 hospitalized patients were in intensive care, and 97 were on ventilators, he said.
One of the 10 New Yorkers who passed away died in Allegany County; one died in Chemung County; one died in Columbia County; one died in Brooklyn; three died in Nassau County; one died in Steuben County; and two died in Westchester County.
Of the 136,039 COVID-19 test results that came back on Thursday, 1,707, or 1.25 percent, were positive, Cuomo said.
The state's infection rate excluding its "red zone" hotspots was 1.14 percent, he said. The red zones reported a 4.84 percent infection rate — the same rate they reported on Wednesday.
"New York's numbers remain steady, despite the handful of clusters we are currently focused on," Cuomo said in a statement. "We are addressing these clusters through our targeted approach to ensure that they don't become community spread."
Breakdowns of infection rates in the red zones, by state region, and by New York City borough are below:
