--- title: New COVID-19 Cases in New York vs. the Rest of the U.S. description: New daily cases of coronavirus are falling in New York, but are rising in the rest of the U.S., even in states reopening their economies. canonical: https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-05-05T19:54:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T12:15:29.787Z article:section: Health og:title: New COVID-19 Cases in New York vs. the Rest of the U.S. og:description: New daily cases of coronavirus are falling in New York, but are rising in the rest of the U.S., even in states reopening their economies. og:url: https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New COVID-19 Cases in New York vs. the Rest of the U.S. twitter:description: New daily cases of coronavirus are falling in New York, but are rising in the rest of the U.S., even in states reopening their economies. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # As New COVID-19 Cases Decline in New York, the Rest of the Nation Is Going the Opposite Direction > Sponsored content. 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Based on this analysis, for nearly the last two weeks, New York has seen a steady decline in the number of new COVID-19 diagnoses. There were about 3,850 new cases on May 1 compared with about 9,900 at its peak on April 7. But new daily cases have been steadily increasing throughout the rest of the country. On May 1, the number of new cases in the nation, excluding New York, spiked at about 23,600, the highest yet. The stark difference comes as many states have eased stay-at-home restrictions, despite top health officials saying the U.S. still needs to [ramp up testing](https://time.com/5826161/anthony-fauci-covid-19-testing-capabilities/) capacities. Nearly two dozen states have partially re-opened or plan to soon lift lockdown orders. New York, meanwhile, remains under quarantine, with non-essential businesses mandated to stay closed, until May 15\. Addressing when it’s appropriate for states to re-open, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said May 5 that “there is no dollar figure to a human life” and that the state will re-open by region only “when it is safe to do so.” At a press briefing, he defended his decision to re-open the economy slowly. “How much is a human life worth?” Cuomo said. “The faster we re-open, the lower the economic cost, but the higher the human cost, because the more lives lost.” “That” he added, “is the decision we are really making.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/"},"headline":"As New COVID-19 Cases Decline in New York, the Rest of the Nation Is Going the Opposite Direction","datePublished":"2020-05-05T19:54:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T12:15:29.787Z","description":"New daily cases of coronavirus are falling in New York, but are rising in the rest of the U.S., even in states reopening their economies.","url":"https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/","keywords":["COVID-19"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/covid-19/","name":"COVID-19"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5832365/new-york-covid-cases-us/","name":"As New COVID-19 Cases Decline in New York, the Rest of the Nation Is Going the Opposite Direction"}}]}] ```