ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York and New Jersey are now requiring people from Kansas and two additional states to quarantine for 14 days as more individuals are testing positive for COVID-19 nationwide.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Tuesday press release that Kansas, Oklahoma and Delaware now join a total of 19 states that qualify under New York's metrics for community spread.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont say visitors from those same three states must also quarantine for two weeks under an advisory aimed at travelers from COVID-19 hotspots.
Cuomo's advisory applies to states with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average, or states with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
“As states around the country experience increasing community spread, New York is taking action to ensure the continued safety of our phased reopening," Cuomo, a Democrat, said.
Cuomo said he hopes his travel advisory will prevent COVID-19 from spreading at high rates again in a state hard-hit by the pandemic.
Cuomo’s office said 836 people were hospitalized Monday — up 19 from Sunday, but down from 878 on July 1.
New York is seeing a smaller share of individuals test positive for COVID-19 even as the state amped up its testing and slowly reopened its economy.
About 600 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 Monday out of nearly 57,000 tested, according to Cuomo's office.
New York's testing has turned up nearly 400,000 positive test results since the spring, out of 4.2 million tests of individuals.
Cuomo said ten people with COVID-19 died in hospitals and nursing homes Monday. The state's numbers are likely an undercount — about 25,000 people with COVID-19 have died in hospitals and nursing homes since March, while New York City says another 4,600 people likely died of COVID-19.