ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has ordered all employees of "non-essential" businesses to stay home, an edict that goes into effect Sunday.

Essential businesses that will remain open include grocery, convenience and liquor stores, as well as banks, farmer's markets, beverage stores, gas stations and pharmacies. Home-improvement and hardware stores also are exempted from closure. A full list of what's open and closed is available here.

The governor's directive, announced Friday, came as the list of businesses being asked to close expanded when Cuomo as well as neighboring governors Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Ned Lamont of Connecticut and Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania all ordered barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors, nail salons, hair removal services and other personal care businesses to close after 8 p.m. Saturday.

Delaware has also joined the multi-state cooperative agreement, Cuomo said in a news conference at the Capitol: "We're all in quarantine now ... various levels of quarantine, and it's hard."

The closures were ordered as coronavirus cases continue to increase as more testing is done in New York, and after indoor malls, restaurants, bars and other businesses that attract crowds were directed this week to close until further notice.

"These provisions will be enforced. These are not helpful hints," Cuomo said. "These are legal provisions. There will be a civil fine and mandatory closure for any business that is not in compliance. Your actions can affect my health — that’s where we are."

The governor's order Friday increased from 75 percent to 100 percent the employees of non-essential businesses who were ordered not to report to their workplace.

"We need everyone to be safe, otherwise no one can be safe," Cuomo said.

Many companies that are able to operate are doing so by allowing their employees to telecommute, using computers and telephones to do their job.

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Cuomo said the directive for people to stay home unless they need critical supplies such as food or medicine is not a "shelter in place" order — a term that he has resisted despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's repeated requests.

"This is why words matter," Cuomo said. "People are scared. ... 'Shelter in place' is used for a school shooting. ... Even California doesn't call it that anymore."

New York has more than 40 percent of the nation's confirmed cases, but has also implemented one of the most aggressive testing programs. As of Friday afternoon, 7,102 New Yorkers had tested positive for novel coronavirus, and 38 people died from COVID-19, the respiratory illness it causes. Less than 20 percent of those with the illness are hospitalized.

"Were testing, per capita, more than China or South Korea," Cuomo said. "We have done a great job at ramping up the number of tests but ... you're going to get more positive cases."

State Health Department Commissioner Howard Zucker said the New York deaths have been "primarily senior citizens." Nationwide, the rate of fatalities is about 1.4 percent for those who contract the infectious disease, far below the fatality rate in many other hard-hit nations including Iran and Italy.

Counties reporting their first cases on Friday were Columbia and Livingston. There were 1,769 new cases confirmed across the state overnight Wednesday, and 2,950 more cases confirmed overnight Thursday.

"We know how the novel coronavirus spreads, and we are making data-driven decisions as the situation evolves to continue to reduce density and slow the spread of the virus," Cuomo said. "We remain in constant communication with our neighboring states to ensure we are establishing a set of uniform rules and regulations for the entire region. These temporary closures are not going to be easy, but they are necessary to protecting the health and safety of New Yorkers and all Americans."

The governor on Friday reiterated the critical need for more ventilators, and asked county health departments to loan or sell the equipment to the state if they have any units that are not in use.

"The ventilators are to this war what missiles were to World War II," Cuomo said. "We need ventilators."

But minutes after the governor spoke, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence announced at the White House that the federal government has a stockpile of about 20,000 ventilators.

Cuomo on Thursday said the state will suspend mortgage payments 90 days for individuals under financial distress, a move that will not affect credit ratings or result in any penalties. The details of how that decision will be carried out have not been provided.

Fees at ATM machines and overdraft and credit card late fees also are being suspended.