New coronavirus hospitalizations and the daily death toll have ticked up slightly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday — troubling blips amid the disease’s overall decline.
Some 229 New Yorkers have been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to the three-day rolling average through Saturday, Cuomo said in a press briefing at Jones Beach Theatre in Wantagh, Long Island.
That represents a jump of 21 from the 208 new hospitalizations under the previous three-day rolling average, according to statistics from the state Department of Health.
“The new cases are up a little bit on the rolling average, but all part of the decline,” said Cuomo.
Additionally, 109 New Yorkers were confirmed to have died from the virus statewide on Saturday, up from 84 fatalities recorded Friday and equaling the lives lost Thursday.
“The number of deaths ticked up, which is terrible news, but the overall line is still good,” the governor said.
Other metrics showed more promising signs for the state.
The number of total hospitalizations saw a net decline of 249 on Saturday, a sharper drop than the net drop of 202 the day prior.
With a net drop of 76, the number of intubated patients also continued to decline, albeit at a slower rate compared to Friday, when 111 fewer New Yorkers were intubated.
Overall, 361,515 people have now tested positive for the virus statewide, and 23,391 confirmed deaths have been reported — though the number of presumed fatalities, in which the deceased displayed telltale signs of COVID-19 but was never officially tested, is at least in four-digits.
Meanwhile, the number of diagnoses in the five boroughs stood at 195,452 as of 1:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the city’s Department of Health.
The Big Apple has now seen at least 21,216 deaths — 16,469 confirmed to be from the coronavirus, and another 4,747 presumed to be connected.
