NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) - New York's daily coronavirus deaths dropped to 540, the lowest in almost two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. But he cautioned that new hospitalisations remain high, and easing the lockdown depends on dramatically increased testing.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - New York's daily coronavirus deaths dropped to 540, the lowest in almost two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. But he cautioned that new hospitalisations remain high, and easing the lockdown depends on dramatically increased testing.The governor said New York needed more help from the federal government to expand testing, but he declined to repeat the broadside against President Donald Trump of his briefing on Friday.
"It's as tumultuous a time as we have ever seen," he told reporters at a briefing in Albany."But in the midst of this there is no time for politics." The state's total death toll is now 13,362. The number of deaths reported on Saturday was lower than the 630 reported the previous day and was the first time the death toll dropped below 600 in 12 days.He did not report new cases at the briefing. There was a total of 229,642 on Friday.
He cited positive signs of lower emergency room and intensive care admissions, as well as fewer people placed on ventilators."Happy days are not here again," Cuomo said.
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