New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the "number of new [coronavirus] cases walking in the door is at an all-time low."
Cuomo said that the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations reported on June 1 was 154, which is the lowest number since the state started counting in mid-March.
New York has been the state hit hardest in the U.S. by the coronavirus.
New York City's five boroughs have seen more than 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, .
Across the state, more than 373,000 people have tested positive for the virus and over 24,000 have died as a result,
The state reported just 1,329 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday.
This Sunday, May 31, the state reported its lowest percentage of positive test results to date. Less than 2% of the nearly-50,000 tests came back with positive results on that day,
"We're doing very, very well when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis," Cuomo told reporters.
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