ALBANY – Visitors from Hawaii, South Dakota and the US Virgin Islands who come to New York will have to be quarantined for two weeks, because Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced the additions to his travel advice.
Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island were removed from the growing list that now includes 33 states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Travelers flying to airports in New York must complete a form where they are where they have been, while also agreeing to a 14-day voluntary quarantine – or paying fines of up to $ 2,000.
“Our numbers remain low and stable, indicating that this virus will respond to an approach based on science, not politics,” Cuomo said in a statement.
“To protect this progress, we must continue our efforts – we cannot go back to the hell we experienced a few months ago, and this is why we are adding Hawaii, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands to our travel advice. “
States are added to the quarantine list if their virus data show a positive rate for coronavirus higher than 10 per 10,000 inhabitants over a seven-day rolling average, or a rate 10 percent or higher over the same time frame.
The full list of states includes: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Visitors to these locations will also need quarantine in New Jersey and Connecticut.
Meanwhile, the Empire State followed a COVID-19 infection rate of less than 1 percent – at .86 percent – as 667 positive cases from just over 77,000 tests.
New York City was slightly higher, but still married a consistent average of 0.9 percent over the last three days.
Six New Yorkers have died from the virus since midnight, with 540 patients hospitalized and 60 intubated and in the ICU, according to the State Health Department.
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