Covid-19 : Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State’s Progress Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
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December 3, 2020
Albany, NY
Governor to Signal Govt Order Increasing Eligibility for New York’s COVID Lease Aid Program and Reopening Utility Window
Optimistic Testing Charge in All Focus Zone Areas is 5.91 P.c; New York State Positivity Exterior All Focus Zone Areas is 4.49 P.c
Statewide Positivity Charge is 4.84 P.c
61 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
State to Accomplice with Prescryptive Well being to Launch 150 New Speedy Testing Websites Statewide
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo right now up to date New Yorkers on the state’s progress throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is all about hospitalization price and hospital capability. Within the broad scope of issues, we’re coping with will increase in hospitalizations, however we’re doing dramatically higher than primarily each different state within the nation. The overall variety of hospital beds within the state is 53,000 – at the moment 35,00Zero beds are occupied, and about 4,00Zero of these with COVID sufferers. At our peak, we had about 19,00Zero folks hospitalized with COVID, to place this current enhance in perspective,” Governor Cuomo mentioned. “The following chapter goes to be vaccine distribution and vaccine acceptance. The vaccine is the weapon that’s going to win the COVID struggle, and that’s the mild on the finish of the tunnel. It is not a brief tunnel, however we know how via this. We simply should get there, and now we have to get there with as little as lack of life as attainable.”
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The Governor additionally introduced he will be signing an govt order increasing eligibility for New York State’s COVID Lease Aid Program and reopening its software window. The Program, which was created by the state legislature when it handed the Emergency Lease Aid Act of 2020, appropriated as much as $100 million from the federal CARES Act to offer subsidies for tenants who misplaced earnings because of the pandemic. Primarily based on the legislature’s parameters, as a lot as $40 million is predicted to be paid to eligible candidates roughly 15,00Zero New York households. This govt order will broaden this system’s eligibility so extra hire aid might be offered to New Yorkers. Extra particulars might be out there within the coming days.
The following chapter goes to be vaccine distribution and vaccine acceptance. The vaccine is the weapon that’s going to win the COVID struggle, and that’s the mild on the finish of the tunnel.
Moreover, New York State is partnering with Prescryptive Well being to offer expanded COVID-19 testing capability throughout New York State. The partnership will assist broaden testing capability in areas the place testing entry is proscribed and can embody 150 new fast testing places statewide opening within the coming weeks the place testing might be supplied. Prescryptive’s digital well being platform will handle deployment of fast take a look at kits offered by New York State, and supply the know-how to handle stock, schedule appointments and report leads to a well timed method. Residents can discover taking part websites, schedule a take a look at, obtain outcomes and follow-up with licensed clinicians straight from their cellular machine. All testing websites might be searchable on the state’s COVID take a look at web site web site (https://coronavirus.well being.ny.gov/find-test-site-near-you) and appointments for these websites might be additionally out there at www.prescryptive.com.
Prescryptive Well being CEO Chris Blackley mentioned, “Prescryptive Well being is proud to associate with the State of New York and neighborhood pharmacies to offer fast COVID-19 testing-particularly to these the place testing entry is proscribed. Our know-how permits us to ship testing at scale, with the security, safety, and timeliness folks want.”
The Governor famous that the optimistic testing price in all focus areas underneath the state’s Micro-Cluster technique is 5.91 %, and out of doors the main focus zone areas is 4.49 %. Inside the focus areas, 50,800 take a look at outcomes had been reported yesterday, yielding 3,003 positives. Within the the rest of the state, not counting these focus areas, 152,640 take a look at outcomes had been reported, yielding 6,852 positives. Full outcomes for exams reported yesterday, the day prior, the present 7-day rolling common, and final two weeks is under:
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STATEWIDE |
11/8- 11/14 % Optimistic |
11/15- 11/21 % Optimistic |
11/22- 11/28 % Optimistic |
Present 7-day rolling common |
Day Prior (12/01) % Optimistic |
Yesterday (12/02) % Optimistic |
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All focus space statewide % optimistic |
4.81% |
4.51% |
5.14% |
5.91% |
5.88% |
5.91% |
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Statewide % optimistic with all focus areas included |
2.86% |
2.89% |
3.52% |
4.41% |
4.63% |
4.84% |
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Statewide % optimistic with out all focus areas included |
2.47% |
2.44% |
3.02% |
3.91% |
4.21% |
4.49% |
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Micro-cluster zone 7-day common positivity charges for right now, yesterday, the day earlier than, final week, and the week prior is under:
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FOCUS ZONE |
11/8- 11/14 % Optimistic |
11/15- 11/21 % Optimistic |
11/22- 11/28 % Optimistic |
Day Prior 7-day Rolling Common |
Yesterday 7-day Rolling Common |
Present 7-day Rolling common |
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Erie orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
7.22% |
7.30% |
7.20% |
7.77% |
7.78% |
7.67% |
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Erie Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
5.34% |
7.36% |
6.83% |
7.73% |
8.27% |
8.18% |
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Niagara Yellow -zone focus space % optimistic |
5.10% |
4.44% |
7.35% |
7.80% |
8.07% |
8.51% |
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Monroe Orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
4.41% |
4.17% |
6.59% |
7.32% |
6.94% |
7.20% |
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Monroe Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
5.95% |
3.58% |
5.62% |
6.81% |
6.42% |
6.48% |
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Onondaga Orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
6.26% |
5.34% |
6.13% |
5.91% |
5.81% |
5.66% |
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Onondaga Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
6.03% |
4.50% |
5.09% |
5.17% |
5.50% |
5.74% |
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Queens Kew Backyard Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.40% |
3.40% |
3.61% |
3.98% |
4.23% |
4.48% |
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Bronx East Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.81% |
3.52% |
4.47% |
5.00% |
5.11% |
5.25% |
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Bronx West Yellow -zone focus space % optimistic |
3.80% |
4.70% |
4.64% |
5.04% |
5.06% |
5.34% |
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Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.92% |
3.70% |
5.64% |
6.13% |
6.86% |
7.62% |
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Rockland Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.55% |
3.39% |
3.94% |
4.52% |
4.83% |
5.05% |
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Chemung Orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
4.59% |
4.71% |
6.46% |
7.28% |
6.72% |
5.97% |
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Staten Island Orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
5.24% |
4.96% |
4.75% |
5.66% |
6.10% |
6.69% |
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Staten Island Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.75% |
3.61% |
4.08% |
4.55% |
4.72% |
4.88% |
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Tioga Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
10.81% |
5.60% |
3.10% |
5.44% |
6.15% |
6.14% |
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Orange Middletown – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.81% |
5.41% |
3.81% |
5.28% |
6.03% |
6.30% |
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Orange Newburgh – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
8.07% |
7.89% |
8.57% |
7.30% |
7.49% |
7.33% |
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Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.23% |
3.39% |
3.40% |
3.84% |
3.91% |
4.07% |
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Nassau-Nice Neck-Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
3.69% |
3.69% |
3.93% |
4.39% |
4.37% |
4.47% |
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Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
4.64% |
4.15% |
5.12% |
6.14% |
5.91% |
6.61% |
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Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
9.26% |
5.69% |
7.00% |
6.76% |
6.24% |
5.73% |
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Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
4.80% |
4.85% |
3.49% |
2.95% |
3.44% |
3.97% |
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Westchester Peekskill – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
10.36% |
7.15% |
7.23% |
9.55% |
9.57% |
10.10% |
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Westchester Ossining – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
9.88% |
10.22% |
9.96% |
10.03% |
9.87% |
9.77% |
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Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hole – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
8.47% |
8.27% |
7.05% |
5.55% |
4.72% |
4.56% |
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Westchester Yonkers – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
4.48% |
4.11% |
4.84% |
4.75% |
5.05% |
4.69% |
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Westchester New Rochelle – Yellow-zone focus space % optimistic |
6.46% |
5.68% |
5.44% |
6.51% |
6.33% |
5.77% |
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Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus space % optimistic |
9.34% |
7.59% |
7.21% |
8.54% |
8.59% |
8.58% |
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At this time’s information is summarized briefly under:
- Affected person Hospitalization – 4,063 (+139)
- Sufferers Newly Admitted – 664
- Hospital Counties – 55
- Quantity ICU – 783 (+41)
- Quantity ICU with Intubation – 377 (+4)
- Whole Discharges – 86,638 (+437)
- Deaths – 61
- Whole Deaths – 26,955
Every area’s share of optimistic take a look at outcomes reported during the last three days is as follows:
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REGION |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
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Capital Area |
4.7% |
4.7% |
3.5% |
3.90% |
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Central New York |
5.5% |
4.8% |
5.6% |
5.46% |
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Finger Lakes |
6.4% |
5.0% |
6.8% |
6.15% |
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Lengthy Island |
4.7% |
5.5% |
5.6% |
4.53% |
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Mid-Hudson |
5.3% |
5.8% |
5.6% |
5.17% |
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Mohawk Valley |
5.6% |
5.8% |
5.6% |
5.01% |
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New York Metropolis |
4.1% |
4.3% |
4.1% |
3.62% |
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North Nation |
4.6% |
5.8% |
4.3% |
3.66% |
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Southern Tier |
4.9% |
1.2% |
3.3% |
2.59% |
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Western New York |
9.0% |
6.9% |
6.1% |
7.41% |
Every New York Metropolis borough’s share of optimistic take a look at outcomes reported during the last three days is as follows:
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BOROUGH |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
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Bronx |
4.7% |
4.8% |
4.9% |
4.47% |
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Brooklyn |
3.9% |
4.1% |
4.3% |
3.48% |
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Manhattan |
2.9% |
2.4% |
2.6% |
2.43% |
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Queens |
4.0% |
5.2% |
4.3% |
3.92% |
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Staten Island |
6.9% |
6.3% |
5.7% |
5.46% |
Of the 674,093 whole people who examined optimistic for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
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County |
Whole Optimistic |
New Optimistic |
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Albany |
6,258 |
120 |
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Allegany |
1,095 |
26 |
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Broome |
5,657 |
106 |
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Cattaraugus |
1,252 |
53 |
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Cayuga |
983 |
53 |
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Chautauqua |
1,692 |
61 |
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Chemung |
3,212 |
72 |
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Chenango |
665 |
13 |
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Clinton |
495 |
7 |
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Columbia |
1,061 |
17 |
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Cortland |
1,116 |
25 |
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Delaware |
393 |
8 |
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Dutchess |
7,635 |
123 |
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Erie |
27,110 |
592 |
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Essex |
302 |
6 |
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Franklin |
283 |
7 |
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Fulton |
544 |
17 |
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Genesee |
1,158 |
44 |
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Greene |
734 |
14 |
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Hamilton |
56 |
7 |
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Herkimer |
789 |
34 |
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Jefferson |
653 |
42 |
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Lewis |
430 |
26 |
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Livingston |
789 |
25 |
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Madison |
1,043 |
51 |
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Monroe |
17,127 |
539 |
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Montgomery |
534 |
12 |
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Nassau |
62,745 |
757 |
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Niagara |
4,296 |
154 |
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NYC |
321,053 |
3,307 |
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Oneida |
5,477 |
211 |
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Onondaga |
11,657 |
376 |
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Ontario |
1,447 |
57 |
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Orange |
17,496 |
213 |
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Orleans |
652 |
7 |
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Oswego |
1,799 |
57 |
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Otsego |
674 |
14 |
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Putnam |
3,038 |
65 |
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Rensselaer |
1,891 |
54 |
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Rockland |
22,221 |
173 |
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Saratoga |
2,488 |
75 |
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Schenectady |
2,699 |
84 |
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Schoharie |
217 |
5 |
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Schuyler |
326 |
3 |
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Seneca |
347 |
24 |
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St. Lawrence |
981 |
68 |
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Steuben |
1,898 |
33 |
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Suffolk |
63,758 |
1,111 |
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Sullivan |
2,238 |
18 |
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Tioga |
1,193 |
22 |
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Tompkins |
1,209 |
55 |
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Ulster |
3,606 |
107 |
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Warren |
614 |
11 |
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Washington |
464 |
3 |
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Wayne |
1,243 |
37 |
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Westchester |
52,418 |
628 |
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Wyoming |
605 |
21 |
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Yates |
277 |
5 |
Yesterday, 61 New Yorkers died on account of COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the full to 26,955. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
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Deaths by County of Residence |
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County |
New Deaths |
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Albany |
3 |
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Allegany |
1 |
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Broome |
3 |
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Cattaraugus |
1 |
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Cayuga |
1 |
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Chemung |
2 |
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Erie |
10 |
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Genesee |
2 |
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Kings |
3 |
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Livingston |
1 |
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Manhattan |
1 |
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Monroe |
2 |
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Montgomery |
1 |
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Nassau |
2 |
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Niagara |
1 |
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Oneida |
2 |
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Onondaga |
4 |
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Orange |
2 |
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Orleans |
1 |
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Queens |
3 |
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Richmond |
4 |
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Rockland |
1 |
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Suffolk |
3 |
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Wayne |
2 |
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Westchester |
5
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