Office of the Governor Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing more fans to go inside museums, movie theaters and big indoor sports arenas, as the latest data suggests the state's massive vaccination campaign is curbing COVID-19 infection levels. The state recorded 43,000 new cases in the week that ended Saturday. That's the lowest number in a seven-day period since Thanksgiving. "The numbers are stable and going down, so we can start to open up more economic activity," Cuomo said Monday. Hospitalizations are also slowly dropping. Hospitals in New York reported 3,754 patients with COVID-19 as of Saturday, down 14% from two weeks prior. New York has recorded among the nation's highest levels of infections and hospitalizations in recent months, as cases surged across upstate in the winter and then throughout New York City and its surrounding suburbs in the early spring.