page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
context_page_description: The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York during the pandemic was confirmed on March 1, 2020, and the state quickly became an epicenter of the pandemic, with a record 12,274 new cases reported on April 4. By April 10, New York had more confirmed cases than any other country besides its own, but since then the outbreak has been mostly controlled in the state. As of August 27, 2020, the state has reported over 7.9 million individuals tested, with 432,767 positive cases, and 25,312 deaths.
  New York had the highest number of confirmed cases of any state from the start of U.S. outbreak until July 22, when it was first surpassed by California and later by Florida and Texas. More than half of the state's cases have been in New York City, where nearly half the state's population lives.
  Despite the high number of cases in March and April, by May 7, New York had reduced the rate of increase of new cases to less than 1 percent per day, and since June 6 to less than 0.25 percent per day. Unlike many other states, New York has not seen a spike or "second wave" in the daily new case rate.
context_section_description: The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York during the pandemic was confirmed on March 1, 2020, and the state quickly became an epicenter of the pandemic, with a record 12,274 new cases reported on April 4. By April 10, New York had more confirmed cases than any other country besides its own, but since then the outbreak has been mostly controlled in the state. As of August 27, 2020, the state has reported over 7.9 million individuals tested, with 432,767 positive cases, and 25,312 deaths. 
  New York had the highest number of confirmed cases of any state from the start of U.S. outbreak until July 22, when it was first surpassed by California and later by Florida and Texas.  More than half of the state's cases have been in New York City, where nearly half the state's population lives.
  Despite the high number of cases in March and April, by May 7, New York had reduced the rate of increase of new cases to less than 1 percent per day, and since June 6 to less than 0.25 percent per day.  Unlike many other states, New York has not seen a spike or "second wave" in the daily new case rate.  On June 17th Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York has the lowest infection rate in the United States.
  As of August 30, 2020, the state of New York has the fourth-highest number of confirmed cases in the United States, and the eighth-highest number of confirmed cases per capita, after Louisiana, Florida, Arizona, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.  Due to the severe early pandemic, which overwhelmed many hospitals and nursing homes, New York still has the highest number of deaths related to the virus, and the second-highest deaths per capita, behind New Jersey.
caption: Map of the outbreak in New York by confirmed new infections per 100,000 people (14 days preceding August 26)
    500+ confirmed new cases
    200–500 confirmed new cases
    100–200 confirmed new cases
    50–100 confirmed new cases
    20–50 confirmed new cases
    10–20 confirmed new cases
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    No confirmed new cases or no data