NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday there are now 44 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State and the state is implementing a coronavirus testing protocol.
UPDATE: We have learned of 11 new confirmed cases of #Coronavirus in NYS — bringing the total number of cases to 44.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 6, 2020
-8 of the new new cases are in Westchester County
-3 of the new cases are in Nassau County
We have expected the number of positive cases to go up as we test.
"As we do more tests, the number of positive cases will rise, as we are seeing." said Cuomo.
The testing protocol is described by the governor below.
New York State is implementing a statewide #Coronavirus testing protocol.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 6, 2020
There is an order of priority for testing, defined below (1 through 5): pic.twitter.com/QskrxtNcwm
There are two different types of quarantine, mandatory and precautionary.
For someone to be in mandatory quarantine they:
- Have tested positive
- Have come in direct contact with someone who has tested positive
- Returned from a country with CDC level 2 or 3 Travel Health Notice and are experiencing symptoms
- Any person any local health official believes needs quarantine
For someone to be in precautionary quarantine they:
- Returned from a country with CDC level 2 or 3 Travel Health Notice and are not experiencing symptoms
- Non-direct contact with a person who has tested positive but not experiencing symptoms
- Any person any local health official believes needs quarantin
The Erie County Department of Health said Friday 116 people are in quarantine as part of the coronavirus protocol in the county.
115 of those are precautionary and one is mandatory, according to the governor. There are four in quarantine in Niagara County.
Across the state there are around 4,000 people under precautionary quarantine and 44 under mandatory quarantine.
