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Daily Death Toll in N.Y. Sees a One-Day Drop, Cuomo Says: Live Updates Daily Death Toll in N.Y. Sees a One-Day Drop, Cuomo Says: Live Updates
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New York State has now topped 4,000 deaths from the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Sunday. But the governor pointed to early indications that the crisis could be plateauing, though he cautioned against jumping to any conclusions.New York State has now topped 4,000 deaths from the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Sunday. But the governor pointed to early indications that the crisis could be plateauing, though he cautioned against jumping to any conclusions.
The number of deaths in the state has reached 4,159, Mr. Cuomo said. But, notably, there were slightly fewer fatalities on Saturday than on Friday.The number of deaths in the state has reached 4,159, Mr. Cuomo said. But, notably, there were slightly fewer fatalities on Saturday than on Friday.
“You could argue that you’re seeing a slight plateauing in the data, which obviously would be good news,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing in Albany. But he noted that it was too soon to say whether the changes in the numbers were indicative of a trend.“You could argue that you’re seeing a slight plateauing in the data, which obviously would be good news,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing in Albany. But he noted that it was too soon to say whether the changes in the numbers were indicative of a trend.
Mr. Cuomo also said he would seek to shift patients from overloaded hospitals to other facilities with lighter workloads. Supplies like gowns and masks were being shifted among hospitals as well, he said.Mr. Cuomo also said he would seek to shift patients from overloaded hospitals to other facilities with lighter workloads. Supplies like gowns and masks were being shifted among hospitals as well, he said.
“I can’t say to a hospital, ‘I will send you all the supplies you need, I will send you all the ventilators you need,’” he said. “We don’t have them. It’s not an exercise. It’s not a drill. It’s just a statement of reality. You’re going to have to shift and deploy resources to different locations based on the need of that location.”“I can’t say to a hospital, ‘I will send you all the supplies you need, I will send you all the ventilators you need,’” he said. “We don’t have them. It’s not an exercise. It’s not a drill. It’s just a statement of reality. You’re going to have to shift and deploy resources to different locations based on the need of that location.”
Responding to concerns about whether parts of upstate New York would be left vulnerable if ventilators were moved downstate, Mr. Cuomo said no single area of the state could handle the crisis by itself.Responding to concerns about whether parts of upstate New York would be left vulnerable if ventilators were moved downstate, Mr. Cuomo said no single area of the state could handle the crisis by itself.
“I don’t see any other operational model,” he said. “You cannot handle this without your brothers and sisters.”“I don’t see any other operational model,” he said. “You cannot handle this without your brothers and sisters.”
Here are the latest statistics from Mr. Cuomo’s briefing:Here are the latest statistics from Mr. Cuomo’s briefing:
Deaths in New York State: 4,159, up from 3,565 on Saturday morning.Deaths in New York State: 4,159, up from 3,565 on Saturday morning.
Confirmed cases: 122,031, up from 113,704. In New York City, 67,551, up from 60,306. Confirmed cases: 122,031, up from 113,704. In New York City, 67,551, up from 63,306.
Hospitalized in New York State: 16,479, up from 15,905.Hospitalized in New York State: 16,479, up from 15,905.
In intensive care: 4,376, up from 4,126.In intensive care: 4,376, up from 4,126.
Twelve doctors at her hospital and the chief executive were sickened with the coronavirus. A colleague had died. Patients as young as 19 were being placed on ventilators.Twelve doctors at her hospital and the chief executive were sickened with the coronavirus. A colleague had died. Patients as young as 19 were being placed on ventilators.
But Michele Acito, the director of nursing at Holy Name Medical Center, in the hardest-hit town in New Jersey’s hardest-hit county, felt like she was holding up.But Michele Acito, the director of nursing at Holy Name Medical Center, in the hardest-hit town in New Jersey’s hardest-hit county, felt like she was holding up.
Then her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law arrived, gasping for air.Then her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law arrived, gasping for air.
The disease that has crippled New York City is now enveloping New Jersey’s densely packed cities and suburbs. The state’s governor said on Friday that New Jersey was about a week behind New York, where scenes of panicked doctors have gripped the nation.The disease that has crippled New York City is now enveloping New Jersey’s densely packed cities and suburbs. The state’s governor said on Friday that New Jersey was about a week behind New York, where scenes of panicked doctors have gripped the nation.
On Sunday afternoon, state officials announced that the death toll in New Jersey had risen to 917, up from 846 the day before.
Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey, the second hardest hit state in the country behind neighboring New York, said that an additional 3,000 people tested positive for the virus.
The counties with the most fatalities are Bergen, the state’s most populated county, and neighboring Essex. Bergen has 189 fatalities; Essex County has 172, as of Sunday afternoon.
Hospitals in the state are scrambling to convert cafeterias and pediatric wings into intensive care units. Ventilators are running low. One in three nursing homes has at least one resident with the virus.Hospitals in the state are scrambling to convert cafeterias and pediatric wings into intensive care units. Ventilators are running low. One in three nursing homes has at least one resident with the virus.
At Holy Name in Teaneck, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, two doctors are among the 150 patients being treated for the virus.At Holy Name in Teaneck, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, two doctors are among the 150 patients being treated for the virus.
The ages of the 41 people on ventilators one day last week ranged from 19 to 90.The ages of the 41 people on ventilators one day last week ranged from 19 to 90.
Twenty patients died in 72 hours.Twenty patients died in 72 hours.
One of them was Edna Acito, Ms. Acito’s mother-in-law.One of them was Edna Acito, Ms. Acito’s mother-in-law.
All along the empty streets of Manhattan, the messages reach out from the newly darkened storefronts. The notes express empathy, resolve, concern, even humor — a reflection of New York’s spirit.All along the empty streets of Manhattan, the messages reach out from the newly darkened storefronts. The notes express empathy, resolve, concern, even humor — a reflection of New York’s spirit.
After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses in New York to close last month, many storefronts had messages for their customers. We looked at some of those voices in waiting around the city.After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses in New York to close last month, many storefronts had messages for their customers. We looked at some of those voices in waiting around the city.
A truck bearing the New England Patriots logo delivered hundreds of thousands of much-needed masks to a makeshift hospital in New York City’s midtown Manhattan on Friday. Dr. Peter Lee, an emergency room doctor from Montville, N.J., was fighting the coronavirus on multiple fronts.
The 300,000 N95 masks arrived at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center at a crucial moment, as the city experienced perhaps its worst day in the crisis, reporting 305 new deaths on Friday alone. Health workers across the city and state have complained of a shortage of crucial supplies they need to stay safe and treat patients, with some organizing protests at their hospitals. At work, he was dodging exposure. At home, he worried about infecting his pregnant wife and young daughters. And everyday, he was navigating a new bias against Chinese-Americans.
“In normal times, the New England Patriots are New York’s rivals. But today, they acted as friends, delivering 300,000 much-needed masks to our front line health care workers,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a release. And on March 20, he posted on WeChat, the social media app popular with many Chinese-Americans. He asked for donations of personal protective equipment for himself and his colleagues.
The team had received a shipment of over 1 million face masks from China earlier in the week after the Massachusetts governor and the team’s owner teamed up to buy the supplies. The rest will go to hospitals in Massachusetts. The result: Members of the Millburn Short Hills Chinese Association raised more than $50,000 and obtained 10,000 masks, gowns and other equipment from a Chinese company with a warehouse in Queens.
That was just one example of small groups from the Chinese-American community uniting to fight the pandemic in this country even as they face racist remarks and physical attacks.
“Comments like calling this ‘the Chinese virus’ have ramifications for someone like me,” said Dr. Lee, 34. “They fuel a certain prejudice against my kind.”
Using mostly WeChat, Chinese-Americans are creating vast networks and rallying contacts here and in China to procure supplies for doctors and nurses in need.
The Long Island Chinese American Association was delivering more than 10,000 masks to three hospitals and nearly 8,000 surgical masks to the Visiting Nursing Service of New York.
The Coalition of Asian-Americans in Private Practice, a New York group, has raised close to $250,000 since January and expects to get 80,000 N95 masks to hospitals this month.
A group of Chinese-American professors at Rutgers University raised $12,000 and collected more than 4,000 masks to support a hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.
Mohammed Saiful Islam got a taste of how antiquated the technology that runs New York State’s unemployment-insurance system is when he had to go to a Staples store in the middle of a pandemic to fax his pay stubs to Albany.Mohammed Saiful Islam got a taste of how antiquated the technology that runs New York State’s unemployment-insurance system is when he had to go to a Staples store in the middle of a pandemic to fax his pay stubs to Albany.
Mr. Islam, a Lyft driver who lives in Queens and has been idled by the outbreak, is among more than 450,000 New Yorkers who have tried, often in vain, to apply for unemployment benefits in the past three weeks.Mr. Islam, a Lyft driver who lives in Queens and has been idled by the outbreak, is among more than 450,000 New Yorkers who have tried, often in vain, to apply for unemployment benefits in the past three weeks.
As he and many others discovered, the state’s archaic systems were woefully unprepared for the deluge of claims. In Mr. Islam’s case, he said it took him four days to reach someone who could explain what he had to do to complete the application process.As he and many others discovered, the state’s archaic systems were woefully unprepared for the deluge of claims. In Mr. Islam’s case, he said it took him four days to reach someone who could explain what he had to do to complete the application process.
State officials admitted as recently as last summer that there were problems with the technology used for such applications, describing New York’s unemployment-insurance systems as relics from the heyday of mainframe computers.State officials admitted as recently as last summer that there were problems with the technology used for such applications, describing New York’s unemployment-insurance systems as relics from the heyday of mainframe computers.
The software programs that run the systems were “written in the 1970s and 1980s and remain constrained by the technology of that era,” officials wrote while seeking bids as part of a planned modernization project.The software programs that run the systems were “written in the 1970s and 1980s and remain constrained by the technology of that era,” officials wrote while seeking bids as part of a planned modernization project.
In March, when hundreds of thousands of workers whose jobs had suddenly evaporated started trying to log onto the Labor Department website or call its phone lines, the systems failed.In March, when hundreds of thousands of workers whose jobs had suddenly evaporated started trying to log onto the Labor Department website or call its phone lines, the systems failed.
Would-be applicants’ frustration grew as their computer screens froze repeatedly and their calls went unanswered for days. Some attempts to apply for benefits yielded a pop-up message that suggested using Netscape, a browser that effectively no longer exists.Would-be applicants’ frustration grew as their computer screens froze repeatedly and their calls went unanswered for days. Some attempts to apply for benefits yielded a pop-up message that suggested using Netscape, a browser that effectively no longer exists.
Mr. Islam, who had never applied for jobless benefits in the 35 years since he immigrated from Bangladesh, said he was taken aback to hear that he had to find a fax machine to complete his claim.Mr. Islam, who had never applied for jobless benefits in the 35 years since he immigrated from Bangladesh, said he was taken aback to hear that he had to find a fax machine to complete his claim.
But he put on a face mask and gloves and warily trudged off to a Staples store. Late this week, he was still waiting to hear how much he would receive, and when.But he put on a face mask and gloves and warily trudged off to a Staples store. Late this week, he was still waiting to hear how much he would receive, and when.
More than 800,000 residents the New York region, including New Jersey and Connecticut, have applied for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has brought the economy to a virtual standstill.More than 800,000 residents the New York region, including New Jersey and Connecticut, have applied for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has brought the economy to a virtual standstill.
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Reporting was contributed by Helene Cooper, Melina Delkic, Thomas Kaplan, Azi Paybarah, Edgar Sandoval, Eric Schmitt and Tracey Tully. Reporting was contributed by Helene Cooper, Melina Delkic, Thomas Kaplan, Azi Paybarah, Edgar Sandoval, Eric Schmitt, Tracey Tully and Katie Van Syckle.