Happy Memorial Day Weekend

This will be the

155 th
Memorial Day.
Where was the first officially
recognized Memorial Day
celebration?
 Waterloo, New York
Seneca County
1866
In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared
Waterloo, N.Y., the “birthplace” of Memorial Day.
 Today is Day 83
of the COVID-19 crisis.
 Total Hospitalizations
18,654 18,825
18,569
18,707 18,697
18,279 18,335
18,079 17,735
17,493 17,316
16,837 16,967
16,479 16,103
16,213 16,044
15,905
15,599
14,810 15,021
14,258
13,383 13,524
12,819
12,839 12,646
12,226 12,159
11,598
10,929 10,993
9,786
10,350 9,647
9,600
9,517
9,179
8,665
8,503 8,196 7,226
7,776 7,063
7,328 7,262 6,946 6,394
6,706 6,220
6,481 5,897 5,818
5,840 5,570
5,327 5,187
4,844
4,079
3,343
2,629
2,043
1,406
1,042
617
326 496

March 16 May 21
 Net Change in Total Hospitalizations

1,412 1,427
1,297
1,248
1,154 1,175 1,157
1,095
1,014

847
714 736
637 656
586 574 586

425
364 358
290
170 200
121
91 85 53 118

-20
-59 -47 -36 -57 -22
-128 -110 -139 -117
-173 -163 -174
-240 -248
-349 -312 -323 -343
-362 -383
-419 -445 -421 -420
-487 -514 -469 -514
-578 -561 -564
-600
-605 -643
-685
-754 -763 -734

March 16 May 21
 Net Change in Intubations
351

313 316
303 295
290 291

260

222
200
192

165

124 132
116 121
109 110
93 94 88
69 69

43
27

-7
-14 -16
-26 -21
-32
-40 -41
-48 -53 -56 -56
-65 -62 -63 -57 -60
-73 -78 -72 -73 -76
-92 -92 -91
-102 -102 -108 -100
-112 -108
-115 -110 -108
-127 -118 -124 -124 -130 -130
-139
March 17 May 21
 New COVID Hospitalizations Per Day
Gross new COVID hospitalizations (3-day rolling average)
3,181 3,169
3,042
2,945
2,825
2,772
2,736 2,722 2,689
2,563
2,487
2,411 2,389

2,210
2,119 2,016 2,156
2,039 2,045
1,925 1,949
1,833
1,776
1,616
1,564
1,408 1,404
1,389 1,367
1,265 1,224
1,119
1,076
973 970 933 954
924
837 831 789
717
656 694 659 604
601 607 572
489 521 488 431
401 416 420 400 374 373 321
295
246 225

March 20 May 21
 Number of Lives Lost
May 16: 139
May 17: 106
May 18: 105
May 19: 112
May 20: 105
May 21: 109
(82 in Hospitals, 27 in Nursing Homes)
 Number of Lives Lost
3-day rolling average
763 755
736 739
724
713 703 714 704
701

651
628
608 617 605

554 558
543
525
506
485
471 470
451
423
391 384 384
374 364
339 331
329
297
279
260
231
235 229 226 224 216
195 198 188
174 173 152
149 149 143 134
117 108 107 109
105
78

March 26 May 21
58
36 45
16 21

March 20 May 21
 ?
? Reopening ?
?
 ?
? Reopening ?
?
SMART
➢ Phases by metrics
➢ Testing
➢ Tracing
➢ Isolation
➢ Hospital Capacity
➢ Monitoring
Where Do Regions Currently Stand?
 Long Island & Mid-Hudson:
If deaths continue to decrease and
tracing is online, both regions could
reopen next week.
 Construction Staging

In Long Island and Mid-Hudson region,

construction staging will be permitted in
anticipation of Phase 1.
TESTING
 Today we are launching a new pilot
program with 52 independent pharmacies
to conduct 7,000 tests per week.
 New York State Testing Network

Now more than:

750
TESTING SITES
 Get a test!
coronavirus.health.ny.gov
TRACING
Contact Tracing Underway in 7 Regions
Central NY North Country
220 tracers 26 tracers

Finger Lakes Mohawk Valley

482 tracers 166 tracers

Western NY Capital District

586 tracers 285 tracers

Southern Tier
71 tracers
 Contact Tracing
New York State, in partnership with Bloomberg
Philanthropies and the Bloomberg School of
Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, has
developed a comprehensive online curriculum to
train potential contact tracers.
 Contact Tracing

Today we are making our contract tracing training

curriculum available at no cost to all states to speed
the process of creating contact tracing programs.
Small business is a priority!
 Small Businesses Need Help

Small businesses are the engine of our economy

representing over 90% of New York businesses
but face the greatest barriers to recovery.
Small Businesses Need Help

more than 100,000

small businesses
have shut permanently
since the pandemic
 Small Businesses Need Help
Minority-owned businesses are especially at risk
and receive less in federal relief.
 Today, we are launching the
$100+ million New York Forward Loan Fund,
providing flexible and affordable loans
to help small businesses, focusing on MWBEs,
that did not receive federal COVID-19 assistance.
 NY Forward Loan Fund: Target Borrowers

New York State will take a smart, targeted

approach for distributing these loans, focusing on
businesses with 20 or fewer employees and
less than $3 million in gross revenues.

esd.ny.gov/nyforwardloans
As we begin to look ahead,
we have to remain vigilant.
We are still learning about COVID-19.

The more we learn, the more the facts

change.
 Now COVID-19 came from Europe, not China

Now antibodies immunity

Now children may be affected

And now infected surfaces may not be a major source

of transmission
Now the main sources of
transmission is airborne.
Wear a mask.
 Mask is mandatory:
• When riding on public transportation systems
• When using private transportation carriers and for-hire
vehicles
• All operators of public systems, private carriers, and
for-hire vehicles must wear a mask at all times
• When in public and within six feet of another person
 Smart is
Up to you.
Up to us.
 Wear a Mask
On May 5, we launched a contest asking
New Yorkers to create and share a video
explaining why New Yorkers should
wear a mask in public.

The winning video will be used as a

Public Service Announcement.
 Wear a Mask

Vote for your favorite by May 25th at:

coronavirus.health.ny.gov/wear-mask

The winner will be announced May 26th

NEW YORK TOUGH
SMART
UNITED
DISCIPLINED
LOVING