State Budget Director, Robert F. Mujica, Jr. said, “At the Governor’s direction, the Department of Tax and Finance will be extending the New York State income tax deadline to May 17 to align with the federal decision to do the same. This 30-day extension provides New Yorkers still coping with the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic ample time to file. This will shift approximately $6 billion of revenue from April to May and the State will make any necessary adjustments to cash-flow.”

COVID Update

“COVID is in decline and vaccines are accelerating,” Governor Cuomo said. “New Yorkers are beginning to look to the future and get our lives and our economy back up and running. It is important to remember that it was the dedication and grit of New Yorkers that brought us from the highest infection rate in the country to the lowest and it is with that same grit and determination that we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’re not there yet, but we know the practices that will get us there: wash your hands, wear a mask and practice social distancing.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported – 278,590
  • Total Positive – 8,262
  • Percent Positive – 2.97%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 3.26%
  • Patient Hospitalization – 4,527 (-9)
  • Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week – -107
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 620
  • Hospital Counties – 50
  • Number ICU – 924 (-10)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 587 (-3)
  • Total Discharges – 155,860 (+535)
  • Deaths – 59
  • Total Deaths – 39,808

Herkimer County

Numbers of Covid-19 cases in Herkimer County as of 11 am 03/19/2021:
Total New Positive Cases Today:
15
Total Lab Confirmed Positive Covid -19 test results: (From 3/13/20)
5580
Total Active Positive Covid -19 Patients:
60
Total Hospitalized:
5
Total number recovered:
5421
Covid Deaths:
99
Negative Covid-19 test results:
114705
Mandatory Quarantine (with public health orders):
134
Released from Mandatory Quarantine:
20
Precautionary Quarantine:​
112
Released from Precautionary Quarantine today:​
0