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Updated: May 24, 2020 5:33:20 pm
Hospital workers move a Covid-19 patient out of the Montefiore Medical Center’s Moses Campus in the City of New York. (File)
New York, one of the Covid-19 access points, saw the number of deaths dipped below 100 for the first time since March 24. On Saturday, New York city reported 84 deaths in the last 24 hours, in what Governor Andrew Cuomo described as a “critical” reference”.
Until now, New York has informed 3,55,500 cases and 24,100 deaths according to data from the John Hopkins University.
The number of dead reached its maximum value in 799, on the 8th of April. On the other hand, the mortality rate has not climbed more than 6.7 percent since May 10. Even the Thursday and Friday, the figure was 109 and 105, respectively.
An analysis of the data shows that from the 10th of May, the number of dead in New York has exceeded 200 only twice on the 12 of May (300 deaths) and May 15 (400 deaths). This is far from the depressing numbers that emerged in New York in April, when the state was seeing 800-900 deaths per day.
New York Covid-19 deaths chart. (Source: John Hopkins University)
New York became the epicenter of the new coronavirus in the united States as the pandemic continued to escalate in March and April. The US continues to reel under the impact of the pandemic, with 1,622,990 of the cases, including 96,046 deaths.
In addition, the daily number of Covid-19 cases has also shown a downward trend. This month, after witnessing the largest single day spike in cases on May 10, at 5,600, the daily increase in infections since then he has not 2,500. In fact, the week of May 15-May 21, has seen 1700 average daily increase in cases.
New York Covid-19 cases chart. (Source: John Hopkins University)
In Western New York, the number of income has decreased for three days in a row, up to 177 on Friday, according to the state of the data.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, “84 deaths is still a tragedy, but the fact its as low as it is still a good news. In my head, I was always looking to get under 100. For me, it is just a signal that we are making real progress.”
With New York, the easing of the state’s ban on gatherings in time for the weekend of Memorial Day, the Governor has announced the reopening of the Mid-Hudson region and Long Island.
On the afternoon of Friday, Cuomo signed an order to allow people to gather in groups of up to 10 as long as they stay at least 6 feet from other people and wear masks.
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