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New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo said the hospitalization rate continued to decline
New York:
The New York coronavirus epicenter in New York on Thursday recorded a new record of 799 deaths from COVID-19, but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the rate of hospitalizations continued to decline.
Cuomo said 799 people died in the past 24 hours, exceeding the previous high of 779 announced on Wednesday, but added that the curve was flattening due to measures of social confinement.
“We had a net increase of 200 in hospitalizations, what you can see is the lowest number we’ve had since this nightmare began,” Cuomo told reporters, adding that intensive care admissions were also the lowest.
COVID-19 has killed more than 14,800 people in the United States, and the number of confirmed cases has increased to more than 432,000, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
New York is bearing the brunt of the deadly United States coronavirus pandemic, which accounts for about half the number of deaths across the country.
On Monday, Cuomo extended the closure of schools and nonessential businesses across the state until April 29 to help stem the rise in the infection rate.
“We are flattening the curve because of what we are doing,” he said Thursday, adding: “We have to keep the curve flat.”
He warned that there could be a second wave of infections and said it was too early to say when the city could be reopened.
“I’m not going to tell anyone, ‘This is where I think we will be in three weeks or four weeks or five weeks.’ I have no idea,” Cuomo admitted.
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