Gov. Cuomo: New York Coronavirus Deaths Drop For First Time

By  Joseph Curl

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that deaths from the coronavirus have dropped for the first time in New York, but said the state’s health care system is still under extraordinary pressure.

The state had 594 deaths over the last 24 hours, down from 630 in the previous 24-hour period. But Cuomo warned the drop could just be a “blip.” A total of 4,159 New Yorkers have now died of SARS-CoV-2  out of 122,031 confirmed cases, said Cuomo, who said “the coronavirus is truly vicious and effective.”

“It’s an effective killer,” he said.

Still, the governor suggested that New York might be hitting the virus’s peak, which could mean a levelling off.

“The apex could be a plateau and we could be on that plateau now,” he said, adding the trajectory would become more clear in the coming days.

In another bit of good news, the number of new hospitalizations dropped by nearly half on Sunday to a level not seen in more than a week. A total of 574 new hospitalizations were reported Sunday, compared to 1,095 on Saturday. The Sunday number was just more than a third of admissions for the virus from Friday, when 1,427 were hospitalized.

The last time fewer than 600 people were hospitalized was March 22.

“That’s partially a function of more people being discharged,” Cuomo said. “And that’s great news.” Cuomo said 74% of those hospitalized have been discharged.

The governor also said hospitals need to come together and work as a single network, establishing a “rolling deployment” of medical resources around the country.

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