GOVERNOR CUOMO: UP TO YOU NEW YORK “STAY HOME. OBSERVE SOCIAL DISTANCING” EVEN THE NY MATCHUP AGAINST CORONA VIRUS

REDUCE THE HOSPITAL BEDS, PERSONNEL, VENTILATORS NEEDED TO CARE FOR YOU.  APEX TO HIT APRIL 30. 83,712 Cases Overnight, up 7,917 rate of increase: 9 1/2%

WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, DUTCHESS, NASSAU SUFFOLK COUNTIES RISING FASTER THAN NEW YORK CITY.

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. By John F. Bailey.  April 1, 2020 UPDATED 4:35 E.D.T.:

Governor Andrew Cuomo today made his most urgent plea to date for the public to practice maximum social distancing  to bring down the growth of Coronavirus victims to within New York’s present medical hospital and staff capacity to care for them.

Governor Cuomo TODAY on the two things all New Yorkers should do who are not essential workers should do to help NY MEDICAL PERSONNEL CAN MEET THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE APEX

He is closing New York City Playgrounds, because youth are not complying with the non-organized games such as basketball, soccer that accelerate close contact, keeping open space parks for persons to observe social distanced recreation.

He showed an analysis by the Mckinsey organization, showing the dramatic need and tremendous benefit of social distancing and staying at home.  The state current medical ability to care for victims of the corona virus can withstand the rate of the apex of the predicted virus spread if maximum social distancing is practiced by the public, the projections showed the state would need 75,000 hospital beds and 25,000 ventilators, which it now has.

The analysis said that if maximum social distancing is not observed the state would need 35,000 more beds (110,000 hospital beds) and 37,000 ventilators, (12,000 more ventilators).

The governor said that if we cannot maximize social distancing and isolate in our homes as much as possible , the state medical force that is sharing facilities, assigning backup personnel and volunteers at the apex of the disease, “ We do not have a  chance and will be overwhelmed.”

The governor started the news conference by telling the rest of the nation, that the coronavirus plague was spreading to all but one county in the state, invading cities and rural areas.

New York now has 83,712 cases, up 7,917 from yesterday, an increase of 9-1/2%. (slightly less than the 10% yesterday.)

New York City went up by 4,300 cases to 47,439, a 10% increase

Westchester County cases increased by 7.1% overnight to 10,683.,

Nassau County went up 11.8% to 9,554 an increase of 1,010 cases from, 8,544 yesterday

Suffolk County, 892 to 7,605 from 6,713, a grim 13.2% increase in cases.

Rockland County is growing in cases and County Executive Ed Day said today ON NEWS 12, “Stay the Hell home.” Rockland’s cases number 3,331, up 16% overnight and according to County Executive Day this is a medical crisis for the county.

Dutchess County is growing, too, up to 547 cases, but the increase rate is not good–13%. Up from 484 yesterday.

He said that the spread being seen in New York  will come to cities and towns and rural areas throughout the country and urged the states to work with each other to fight the disease together. The Governor noted that New Jersey now has 18,000 cases and New York is working with the Governor of New Jersey to help as the toll of cases rises there.

He said New York deaths were up overnight and an analysis by the Gates Foundation predicts that New York will see 16,000 die statewide. However the nation as a whole, will see 93,000 dead. As to how long New Yorkers (other than essential workers) have to stay in their homes, he said it could to July. But he emphasized no one knows.

He closed with a look to the future that the nation has to learn and change the way this country handles outbreaks, because, the Governor said:

“This will happen again.”

Today’s County-by-County rundown. Local counties in bold

CountyTotal PositiveNew Positive
Albany24014
Allegany92
Broome424
Cattaraugus71
Cayuga30
Chautauqua60
Chemung222
Chenango267
Clinton254
Columbia311
Cortland80
Delaware204
Dutchess54763
Erie46426
Essex62
Franklin90
Fulton21
Genesee133
Greene182
Hamilton20
Herkimer120
Jefferson120
Lewis20
Livingston141
Madison5110
Monroe34957
Montgomery70
Nassau95541010
Niagara464
NYC474394300
Oneida5010
Onondaga21723
Ontario242
Orange1756200
Orleans60
Oswego172
Otsego191
Putnam20721
Rensselaer432
Rockland3321458
Saratoga12214
Schenectady938
Schoharie82
Schuyler20
Seneca20
St. Lawrence344
Steuben3814
Suffolk7605892
Sullivan12112
Tioga70
Tompkins682
Ulster22110
Warren180
Washington100
Wayne245
Westchester10683716
Wyoming101

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172 White Plains Residents with coronavirus, Mayor Roach Reports

Today the county supplied us with the following data: There are close to 10,000 positive cases in Westchester County out of over 35,000 tested.

There are currently 275 Westchester County residents who are hospitalized.  172 people with confirmed White Plains addresses have tested positive for the virus up from 156 yesterday.

The specific community numbers lag the county total by several days and do not include individuals for whom the county lacks address information.  There have been 25 deaths related to the virus county wide.

There have been many complaints of people discarding disposable gloves, masks or wipes in streets sidewalks and parking lots after using them, presumably while shopping. Stop it!

Last night I announced that Stepinac High School would be hosting an American Red Cross blood drive at Stepinac on Thursday.

It was the hottest ticket in town.  Within hours the 50 slots were filled and people continued to offer to donate.

I would like to thank those who signed up and the many who tried to sign up—it speaks volumes about our community and our commitment to each other. Thank you Stepinac and the volunteers who made this happen.

This Friday at 6pm we will be celebrating essential workers who are doing so much for us every day by applauding them from our homes! Windows, driveways, lawns, balconies and doorways all work, just make sure you stay 6 feet apart!

Remember we are standing together by staying apart

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State Mobilizes All Medical Resources in 24 Hours Getting Ready Put Medical/Staff Help Where They Are Needed and Moving OVERFLOW PATIENTS to Other Hospitals. GOVERNOR CUOMO EXPLAINS HOW THE CORONAVIRUS COMMAND CENTER OPERATION IS WORKING

Governor Andrew Cuomo details how the Coronavirus Command Center is counterattacking the coronavirus problem statewide. He shares also the news that his brother, the CNN anchor, Chris Cuomo has come down with the virus.
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Apex of CoronaVirus hits in 7 to 21 days (Varying Estimates). Gov Cuomo Demands NON-ESSENTIAL Populace Stay Home. Corona virus Command Center Live: Allocating Overflow Patients, Resources, Personnel, Supplies. Medical PAID Volunteers Aiding NY. Governor Dealing w/ ventilator outage. China delivery of 17,000 Ventilators Slowed by Volume, 2000 by APEX time Gov Supplements with 11,000 BI-PAC OXYGEN DEVICES. 90-DAY EVICTION PROTECTION EXTENDED TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS. STATE UNEMPLOYMENT WEBSITE CRASHES DUE TO MILLIONS SIGNING IN

GOVERNOR CUOMO REPORTS OVERNIGHT NUMBERS FROM ALBANY THIS MORNING.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY APPROACHED 10,000 CASES THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NASSAU COUNTY AND SUFFOLK COUNTY RISING STEADILY.

WPCNR CORONA VIRUS REPORT. By John F. Bailey. March 31, 2020:

New York State’s new Command Center on Coronavirus is in effect as of this morning, Governor Cuomo said in his news conference just completed.

The Center is tracking patient volume, making decisions on sharing state and public hospital resources and stockpiled supplies and identifying matching medical specialties to NY hospsital from the 78,000 paid volunteers who have committed from around the country as standby replacements for exhausted and mentally exhausted healthcare workers as they are needed. The Center will the governor said be allocating existing personnel from uncrowded as of now upstate hospitals to bring them on down.

The government announced that his 90-day ban making it illegal to evict tenants for non-paymnent of rent for 3 months to commercial tenants this morning.

He said that the state apologized for the continued chronic crashing of the state unemployment benefits website. He said the state has had tech experts trying to solve the problem but the sheer volumes of citizens attempting to apply online has overwhelmed site capacity. The Budget Director said last week 7 million had visited the site, and yesterday 1.7 million had visited it.

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