NEW YORK (WBEN) -- The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with COVID-19 has surpassed 9,000 for the first time since the beginning of May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
As of Monday night, 9,236 New York state residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, up by 368 from Sunday, Cuomo said in a release. One thousand, six hundred and fourteen of the 9,236 patients were in intensive care units and 1,049 were on ventilators.
The state last reported more than 9,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on May 5, when 9,179 New Yorkers were hospitalized with the virus, health department data shows.
Of the 177,269 COVID-19 test results that came back in the state on Monday, 12,512, or 7.06 percent, were positive, he said.
"On the eve of a new federal administration, New York is encouraged by the accelerated progress we are confident we will make in the coming months on the COVID front," Cuomo said in a statement. "We are seeing new strains of the virus from the UK, South Africa and Brazil that could spark a second wave."
"New York has used our experience from the spring to prepare our hospitals and our residents as we continue to fight this invisible enemy," he added. "As we prepare for better days, I encourage all New Yorkers to remain New York Tough: wear a mask, social distance and avoid large gatherings."
Case data update:
— Erie County Department of Health 😷 (@ECDOH) January 19, 2021
51,248 COVID-19 cases (as of 1/17/2021); 7-day positivity rate: 5.7% (as of 1/17/2021); 1,393 confirmed deceased (as of 1/14/2021); 120 deaths in 2021;
On January 17: 504 COVID-19 patients in WNY, 88 in the ICU; 385 patients in Erie Co. hospitals
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Breakdowns of COVID-19 statistics by region are below:
