New York coronavirus deaths drop below 200 for the first time in months
The last day the state reported less than 200 coronavirus fatalities was on March 27.
New York’s daily Covid-19 death toll dropped below 200 for the first time in months, signalling there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for the world’s coronavirus epicenter
On Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state suffered 161 more deaths from the virus over the past 24 hours. The announcement comes after the state saw daily deaths fall into the lower 200 over the last week as the hospitalization rate and ICU admissions continue to decrease.
‘The number of lives lost, still too high obviously at 161,’ Cuomo said.
‘But, better than it has been. So we see all the arrows are pointed in the right direction.’
The last day the state reported less than 200 coronavirus fatalities was on March 27, when officials announced 134 fatalities because of the outbreak, which has killed over 28,000 in the state and at least 81,000 across the country.
‘When you see the number of lives lost, again, we’re right about where we started before we really went into the heart of this crisis,’ Cuomo said.
‘In many ways, from my point of view, we’re on the other side of the mountain,’ the governor continued, saying that the state is preparing to partially reopen three regions on Friday.
Cuomo said three of the state’s ten regions, the Finger Lakes, the Southern Tier and the Mohawk Valley, have all met the criteria for reopening, which he laid out in detail last week. The decision to reopen comes ten weeks after the state confirmed its first case of coronavirus.
However, New York City will likely remain shut down until June, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
‘June is when we’re potentially going to e able to make some real changes if we can continue our progress,’ the mayor said at his daily press briefing.