New York State's travel quarantine list is a little bit shorter.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that four states, Ohio, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Alaska are now OK for traveling to and from New York State.
Meanwhile, South Dakota and Hawaii, as well as the Virgin Islands, were put on the list.
There are now 31 states on the quarantine list, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The list has been as high as 34. New York has joined with New Jersey and Connecticut in instituting the travel advisory in an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19.
Ohio was placed on the quarantine list on July 14.
Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel said in a release that he was delighted to see Ohio off the quarantine list.
"This is great news that Ohio has been removed from the incoming travel advisory," Wendel said. "Our close proximity to Ohio and Pennsylvania has a direct impact on our economy."
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Areas with significant community spread are placed on the traveler quarantine list. Individuals who have traveled to New York from those areas are required to quarantine for 14 days.
Significant community spread is defined as a positive test rate of 10% or higher over a seven-day average or a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day average.
New York's coronavirus positivity rate has been around 1% for several weeks.
For Monday, Cuomo said New York's positive rate was 0.86%, as there were 667 positives among 77,059 reported tests statewide. Its seven-day rolling average is 1%.
The Western New York region's positive rate for Monday was 1.3%; it was 0.8% for Sunday and 1.6% for Saturday. The state defines the Western New York region as Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.
Erie County had 69 positive cases among 4,022 tests Monday for a positive rate of 1.7%; the county's seven-day rolling average is 1.3%.
The state also said the total number of coronavirus patients in intensive care dropped to 120, a new low since March 15, while its 60 intubations were also a low since mid-March. There were a total of 540 patients hospitalized statewide and six Covid-19 deaths.
Residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut can now travel to and from the following states:
• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Washington, D.C.
• West Virginia
• Ohio
• Michigan
• Colorado
• New Mexico
• Wyoming
• Oregon
• Washington state
• Alaska
