New York along with New Jersey and Connecticut have added four more states to its quarantine list.
It added Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin to the list which now numbers 22 states.
Travelers from any of the 22 states are required to quarantine for 14 days on entering New York. and its neighbors
As New York sees the number of infections dropping, rates are surging in other states.
NY recorded only five deaths across the state on Monday.
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo said out-of-state travelers face a $2,000 fine and a mandatory quarantine order for not completing contract tracing personal information on arrival into the state.
The quarantine list is dynamically updated based on the average number of new infections.
States with more than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period are blacklisted and travelers from there must quarantine.
by Ray Montgomery, US editor
