Put aside the politics of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers on Tuesday as COVID-19 cases continued an end-of-the years surge around the country.

New York's COVID positive rate in the last day was 2.9%, including "cluster" zones where cases have been high. There were 47 people who were confirmed to have died of the virus in the last 24 hours. And hospitalizations have now reached 2,856 people.

"This is all too predictable at this point," Cuomo said. "You will see the hospitalizations go up; you will see the deaths go up."

Cuomo a day earlier had indicated a potential plan for his family was for two of his daughters and his 89-year-old mother would spend Thanksgiving with him. But those plans were quickly scuttled, and the governor plans to work through the holiday, his office said.

Cuomo urged New Yorkers once again to spend Thanksgiving with fewer than 10 people and pointed to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline that calls for people to spend the holidays with only their immediate household. Cuomo noted the advisors for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump have called for similar measures. 

"If you're a Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter," Cuomo said. "They both have the same advice."

Cuomo has railed against county sheriffs who have refused to enforce the 10-person gathering limit. But on Tuesday afternoon, his second event of the day, Cuomo acknowledged the enforcement was not necessarily the point.

"Government can't enforce social distancing. Government can't enforce mask wearing," Cuomo says, noting the home capacity limit is similarly unenforceable. "That's not what it's about. It's about giving them the advice and the numbers."

He added, "I saw this little cartoon of me looking in your window on Thanksgiving. No one is looking in your window this Thanksgiving."