NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Total COVID-19 hospitalizations reached 8,527 on Friday in New York State, down from 8,561 on Thursday, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday.
Meanwhile, of the 258,031 COVID-19 tests reported on Friday in the state, 16,943 were positive, or 6.57 percent of the total, down from 7.72 percent one day earlier, said Cuomo, adding that the fatalities went up to 188 on Friday, compared with 161 on Thursday.
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