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Gov. Cuomo: New York State seeing the lowest number of COVID-19 related deaths since the virus started

Thursday, the number of coronavirus deaths statewide was 42, what Cuomo says is the lowest number of deaths from the virus since this started.

On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo held his daily press conference on coronavirus and the protests happening across New York State.

To read more about Cuomo's response to the Buffalo protester who was injured after being pushed by police, click here. 

Thursday, the number of coronavirus deaths statewide was 42, what Cuomo says is the lowest number of deaths from the virus since this started.

Eight weeks ago, New York State was seeing up to 800 deaths daily.

As of Wednesday, 2,293,032 New Yorkers have been tested for the virus. Of those people tested, 375,133 have tested positive.

On Wednesday alone, 63,559 people were tested and 1,048 tested positive. 

According to the New York State COVID-19 tracking map, the New York City area and the counties surrounding it have some of the highest numbers of people testing positive.

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