TOPLINE
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave “welcome news” in his press conference on Saturday, saying that the number of new coronavirus cases in his state has dropped to the lowest level since the crisis first began in late March.
“That is welcome news,” the New York governor said.
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KEY FACTS
“The facts today show that the hospitalization dropped once again, which is very good news,” he said.
The state, which was the first to get hard-hit by the coronavirus, continues to see a declining number of hospitalizations and intubations—even as those numbers continue to rise in most other states around the country.
The number of new cases per day has dropped to 572, which Cuomo said was the lowest number since the crisis started on March 20.
The unwelcome news, which has been “heartbreaking everyday,” is that the death toll has flattened out around 200 per day, Cuomo said. “We’d like to see that number dropping at a far faster rate than it has been.”
Another 226 New Yorkers died from the virus on Friday, he described, which was up from 216 deaths on Thursday.
Key background
Cuomo said on Friday that he felt that New York is “finally ahead” of the outbreak, as the number of hospitalizations and intubations continues to decline statewide.
Surprising fact
New York’s antibody test results showed that the infection rate for transit workers was around 14%—lower than the average 20% infection rate for the state’s general population.
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