Governor Andrew Cuomo shook things up a little on Tuesday and held his daily press briefing at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse.

People coming into the hospital with the coronavirus have now dropped below 1,000 people, encouraging the state to strengthen its reopening plan.

On May 15, Cuomo says that the state will start a phased reopening starting with construction and manufacturing companies in some areas of upstate New York.

At the same time, Cuomo says the state needs to ramp up its testing to make sure that the hospital system is not overwhelmed and the rate of infection does not increase.

He announced that the state will be adopting new guidelines that say if hospitals are at 70% capacity or if the rate of transmission reaches 1.1, then those are "danger signs." At this point, Cuomo says the state would have to slow its reopening plans.

Cuomo: Says the rate of transmission for parts of upstate NY is similar to rates of transmission in areas of the midwest that are not seeing as high numbers. — Morgan Mckay (@morganfmckay) April 28, 2020

Cuomo announced that the state is creating a NY Forward Reopening Advisory Board with 100 business, community, and civic leaders to help guide the reopening strategy. He says regions hoping to reopen must present plans to have rooms available for people who test positive for COVID-19 and who cannot self-isolate.

He also says they are working to have at least 30 contact tracers for every 100,000 people.

In the last 24 hours, 335 people passed away from COVID-19 in the state. 29 of these people died in nursing homes.