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WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. By John F. Bailey. April 8, 2020, UPDATED 10 P.M.E.D.T.:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo reported a continuation of what the state is seeing in numbers of hospitalizations, and number of cases yesterday which marked the fourth straight day the number cases stayed even.
The Governor attributed this to the public observing the state wide social distancing, school closings, business closings as the reasons why the curve is being contained.
As of 12 noon today, local county totals are as follows:
WESTCHESTER COUNTY SAW A 7.3% INCREASE OF 1,083 NEW CASES TO 15,887.
NASSAU COUNTY ROSE 11.7% TO 18,548 FROM 16,610 YESTERDAY.
SUFFOLK COUNTY IS UP 9.1% TO 15,844 FROM 14,517. (NASSAU AND SUFFOLK ARE BEING STRICKEN HARD.)
ROCKLAND COUNTY INCREASED CASES 7% TO 6,413 FROM 5,990.
DUTCHESS COUNTY ROSE TO 1,395 WITH 146 NEW CASES, A DAY TO DAY INCREASE OF 11.7%
ULSTER SUFFERED 7.2% MORE CASES TO 422 , UP FROM 399 YESTERDAY.
ORANGE COUNTY ROSE 7.3% TO 3,865 FROM 3,599.
ROCKLAND, DUTCHESS, ULSTER, AND ORANGE ARE ALL INCREASING AT AN AVERAGE 8.3% AND ARE ON AN WORRYING TREND
He ended the “Q. & A.” with reporters Governor Cuomo saying: “what is being seen is people who were hospitalized 10 days ago are dying” and expected higher deaths to come. “Keep doing what you are doing, this is not over. We are in the midst of this.” He noted that by distancing and staying home, “the live you save may not be your own.”
He declined to offer a date when he expected to lift social distancing rules and closures of schools, suspension of large gatherings (including church services), currently in the 38th day.
He said he had no projection date as to when it would be lifted and repeated that Connecticut and New Jersey and New York would lift the closures and social distancing as a team.
He said there were no shortages of equipment, and that he was confident the state had enough hospital beds to handle the current influx of new cases which he expected would spreatd upstate.
The Governor began saying this was a day of mixed emotions. There is good news, but the bad news is 779 persons in New York died yesterday. He noted the total deaths in New York State is 6,268 (updated on CNN WEDNESDAY EVENING), double the deaths in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. He prepared the state to accept many more deaths to come, showing the toll of the last 5 days, 3,895. He saluted city workers and health professionals who have died of the coronavirus.