Wednesday was the busiest day ever recorded in New York State since May with 67 COVID-related deaths.
A total of 67 people have died since May 29. Before both cases and deaths began to rise again, the number of daily deaths reached a low of one on both August 30 and September 20.
The troubled figures were unveiled by Governor Andrew Cuomo during a Thanksgiving Day coronavirus briefing on Thursday, in which he also announced a ‘winter plan’ in anticipation of a spike in cases during the colder months.
‘Whatever we do this Thanksgiving weekend and next week, we’ll now be working on a winter plan,’ Cuomo said. “All the global experts say the same thing: these are the stages of the virus and your plan should change as the stages change.”
While the state will need to evaluate the outcome of the holiday celebration in its plan, Kumo said: ‘There are many theories about how bad the increase will be after Thanksgiving, but all of them have shown an increase after Thanksgiving.
“We will see an increase in air travel, we will see an increase in car passengers and we know that the rate of infection is higher than social activity.”
Govt. Rew Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a ‘winter plan’ to deal with the virus in anticipation of the second wave of COVID-19.
Wednesday is the deadliest day in New York since May 29, with 67 deaths reported across the state.
Unveiling the details of the scheme, Kuomo said he would give priority to keeping schools up to eighth grade open, especially for kindergartens.
The governor will also consider the months-old ‘microcluster’ approach, in which some areas are considered yellow, orange or red zones, depending on their infection rate.
‘On the winter plan we will stick with the micro cluster approach, as the targets spread, it minimizes economic impact and it emphasizes individual and community responsibility and accountability. So it is working very well, ‘he said.
This time, however, Cuomo said it would add new factors to the formula, including hospital admissions rates, how many beds remain in a given area in the hospital, and the extent to which alternative surgery is available.
‘Infection rates in hospital beds are more severe than in hospital beds where there are fewer hospital beds. So, it’s now an exercise we’re going through, Cuomo explained.
On Thursday, the overall infection rate was 3.1 percent in New York State, based on 200,000 tests, and 3.3 percent on Long Island and 2.5 percent in New York City.
Cuomo has put on a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask at the Wyandach-Whitley Heights Ambulance Corp. during its daily coronavirus briefing.
Where branches are concerned, the governor said it is the state’s goal to keep schools open and keep them open by setting safe positivity rates. All the data says that schools are safer than the surrounding community. ‘
He said testing continues in schools as part of the equation of keeping schools open.
‘We need sustainable testing rates in schools,’ Cuomo continued. ‘In other words, if we want to keep schools open, there has to be a level of testing that local school districts provide for a long time … you have to go through the winter.’
In addition, Kumo said the state needs to balance the number of tests in nursing homes, and the number of tests in schools designated for essential workers.
The infection rate dropped to 3 percent after New York City’s public schools closed indefinitely on November 19, the door to such action in September by Mayor Bill de Blasio. He said on Wednesday that he would announce plans on how to reopen schools next week.
The third component of Cuomo’s plan emphasizes developing a vaccine distribution plan that is both ‘reasonable and effective’.
Cumo said details would be shared in the coming days, adding that the state is currently in talks with the local government about its winter plans.
In New York State on Thursday, based on 200,000 tests, the overall infection rate was 1.1 percent, and 3.3 percent on Long Island and 3 percent in New York City. Was 2.5 percent, Kuomo said.
In all, 3,056 people were hospitalized with the virus and 67 died – the highest number reported in the state since May 29.
‘We know what’s going on, and the numbers tell the same story, because we’ve seen the movie in New York, we’ve seen the movie across the country. “The positivity increases, more people get sick, more people go to the hospital, more people go to the ICU, more people come in and the number of deaths increases,” Kuzom said. ‘
‘Relating to the rest of the country, New York State is still performing exceptionally well,’ he added.
During the briefing, Cuomo also rejected a Supreme Court ruling issued late Wednesday night, which disputed the Kovid-19 ban with religious organizations in New York, which he had put on religious gatherings.
‘It’s irrelevant to any practical effect, because the zone they were talking about is already muted – it ended last week. So I think there was really an opportunity for the court to express its philosophy and politics. It has no practical effect, “said Kumo.
And look at the religious gathering, I am a former altar boy. Catholic, Catholic grammar school, Catholic high school, Jesuits in Catholic, so I have full respect for religion, and there comes a time in life when we need it, the time is now, but we want to make sure we keep people safe. Time. And that’s the balance we’re trying to hit. ‘
The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however; no more than 620,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported since the outbreak in March.
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