783 dead from coronavirus in one day, but number of patients on ventilators starting to dip: Cuomo

April 8, 2020 - Albany, NY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo provides a coronavirus update during a press conference in the Red Room at the State Capitol.
April 8, 2020 - Albany, NY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo provides a coronavirus update during a press conference in the Red Room at the State Capitol.(Mike Groll/Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)

783 people have died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a sign that the death rate across New York state is starting to plateau, Gov. Cuomo said Saturday.
“It’s stabilizing. but it’s stabilizing at a horrific rate,” Cuomo said. “These numbers depict horrendous suffering and human pain.”
The death toll has hovered between 600 and 800 in recent days, hitting an all-time high on Thursday with 799 deaths.
The governor also said the number of patients requiring ventilators to help them breathe were starting to decline for the first time since the pandemic emerged — even as the official sick toll soared past 8,000.
“Intubations are a bad sign,” Cuomo said. “So this is a good sign that fewer people are getting intubated.”
Cuomo praised President Trump for responding quickly to New York officials’ demands for help.
He predicted that politics would play a bigger role as the country and states weigh relaxing rules that are keeping much of the economy shut down.
“Keep politics out of it," he said. "It’s very hard especially when we start talking about reopening.”
Cuomo repeated calls for the hardest-hit state to get a better deal from the federal government in future coronavirus stimulus plans. He also called for a reinstatement of the popular SALT deduction for local taxes.
He acknowledged that New Yorkers are itching to return to normal life but suggested that the unpredictability of the virus makes it impossible to make any set-in-stone decisions.
Pointing to models that incorrectly predicted a more rapid spread of the virus, Cuomo said he wants to make sure he doesn’t underestimate a potential second wave of infections and death.

“The worst thing that can happen is we make a misstep and we let our emotions get ahead of our logic and fact,” he said.

Public health experts say deaths are a lagging indicator of the pandemic’s brutal assault on the state. With hospitalization and intensive care numbers steady or dropping, they expect deaths will also start to drop in coming days.

Recalling his childhood days as an altar boy, Cuomo said he understands how difficult it is for Christians to celebrate Easter without going to church.

But he said the common goal of fighting the pandemic has given more meaning to the Easter message of redemption, even without services.

“Whether you do it from home, whether you do it over a television or through a computer screen. It’s the same message,” he said. “And, if anything, that message is more profound during this situation than it normally is.”

1 comment:

  1. "783 dead from corona virus in one day"

    I think we can safely assume most of these died WITH COVID-19 not FROM COVID-19



    “COVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease is caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death." COVID-19 Alert No. 2 March 2 4, 2020 The CDC is telling the hospitals to record anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 or is assumed to have COVID-19 as having died of COVID-19

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