![New NY Virus Deaths Under 550 For First Time Since April 1](http://townsquare.media/site/41/files/2020/04/49788765908_e54c9a10eb_c.jpg?w=630&h=420&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
New NY Virus Deaths Under 550 For First Time Since April 1
NEW YORK (AP) — The daily increase in coronavirus deaths in New York state has dropped under 550 for the first time in over two weeks as hospitalizations continue to decline.
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Saturday that the crisis is far from over.
Hospitals are still reporting nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 patients per day.
The state logged 540 deaths Friday from COVID-19, the lowest number since April 1.
Nearly 13,000 New Yorkers in all have died since the state’s first coronavirus case was reported March 1.
More From Mix 103.9
![Sister-in-Law Who Lives Rent Free With Brother Demands His Wife Pay for Wedding](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2022/07/attachment-httpsfiles.slack_.comfiles-priT033GCPL1-F03Q80F04DSgettyimages-1142626695.jpg.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Disney World Guest Quarantines on Property After Testing Positive for COVID-19](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2022/07/attachment-COVID-at-Diseny-World.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Otsego County Reaches ‘High Community Level’ For COVID-19](http://townsquare.media/site/454/files/2022/05/attachment-COVID-RISING-UP1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Cooperstown Dreams Park Will Return In 2022 With A Full Baseball Camp Season](http://townsquare.media/site/454/files/2022/04/attachment-Cooperstown-Dreams-Park-Cooperstowndreamspark.com_.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Australian News Show Airs Vile COVID-19 Joke About BTS During Grammys Coverage](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2022/04/attachment-insensitive-bts-joke-after-grammys.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Woman Shamed After Giving Rescue Dog ‘Offensive’ Pandemic-Related Name](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2022/03/attachment-Offensive-Dog-Name.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![What You Need To Know About The New Omicron Sub-Variant Moving Into New York](http://townsquare.media/site/497/files/2022/03/attachment-RS47582_GettyImages-1356192486-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Judd Apatow Makes a Movie About Making Movies During Covid in ’The Bubble’ Trailer](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2022/03/attachment-the-bubble-1jpg.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![COVID Keeps Taking Loved Ones: Death Tolls For Chenango, Delaware, And Otsego](http://townsquare.media/site/454/files/2022/03/attachment-COVID-TEST-CANDLE-CANVA.jpg?w=980&q=75)