NEW YORK (WBEN) -- New York reported 29 new COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday as the number of people in the state hospitalized with the virus rose by nearly 50, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
As of Wednesday, 1,677 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 1,628 on Tuesday, Cuomo said in a release on Thursday.
The state has not reported a higher number of daily hospitalizations since June 12, when 1,734 residents were hospitalized, data from the state's health department shows.
Two hundred and sixty-one of the 1,677 hospitalized patients were newly admitted; 308 were in intensive care; and 136 were on ventilators, Cuomo said.
Two of the 29 people who died of complications related to the virus lived in the Bronx; one lived in Brooklyn; two lived in Manhattan; one lived in Queens; and one lived in Rockland County, the release said.
Of the 162,627 COVID-19 test results that came back in the state on Wednesday, 4,797, or 2.95 percent, were positive, Cuomo said. Excluding its COVID-19 microclusters, the state reported a 2.53 percent infection rate. The microclusters reported a 4.86 percent rate, down from 4.96 percent.
"While New York is doing better than just about any state in the United States, we are not immune from the national trend," Cuomo said in a statement. "If we stay New York Tough and don't fall subject to COVID fatigue, and we stay smart through the holidays, through Thanksgiving, through Christmas, through Hanukkah, we'll keep it under control."
On Wednesday, Cuomo announced that New York state would require bars, restaurants, gyms and liquor-licensed businesses like bowling alleys to close at 10 p.m. each night starting Friday, Nov. 13.
The state will also start limiting indoor and outdoor gatherings at private residences to 10 people beginning Friday night.
Breakdowns of COVID-19 infection rates by microcluster, region and New York City borough are below:
