Archive: NYS COVID-19 Resources & Information
4/25/20

In the rapidly changing dynamics of combating the Cornonavirus, information is updated constantly. This archive is being provided as an additional resource for those seeking to learn more about how New York State is addressing COVID-19.

4/24/20 Updates
From Governor Cuomo's Briefing in the Red Room of the NYS Capitol 

OVERVIEW 

• Hospitalizations are down, we are back where we were 21 days ago.
• We need to get to only several hundred people entering the hospitals each day.
• We are on the downside of the curve.
• The number of new cases ticked slightly down to roughly 1,200. 

DEATHS: 16,599 (437 new) 

TESTING

• We are focused on testing now.
• We are doing about 20,000 tests per day, antibody testing.
• We came up with a division of responsibility for states and federal government.
• 300 NYS labs are getting more supplies and tests.
• NYS will issue an Executive Order today authorizing independent pharmacists to act as collection sites.
• There are 5,000 pharmacies in NYS.
• We can open eligibility for the tests since we have increased testing capacity.
• Healthcare workers across the board will be able to get tests.
• Essential workers will also be able to get tests.
• We are coming up to scale today to conduct testing for frontline healthcare workers at 4 hospitals downstate—Montefiore, Elmhurst, Bellevue, SUNY Downstate.
• MTA, transit workers, police and first responders, NYPD, State Police will all get antibody testing. 

REOPENING 

• Governor reiterates that the effort is to balance reopening in the three- state approach.  Also reiterates the mobility of citizens as a concern.
• Working with state and regional coalitions, and plan is to bring the two together.
• Secretary DeRosa stated that a priority is to recognize sensitivities along regions that share a border with states.