Nurses Week
Still too many COVID-19
cases coming from home
BY MARK HALLUM
With 600 new hospitalizations
and 232 deaths in the
last 24 hours from coronavirus,
Governor Andrew Cuomo said
Wednesday it was “shocking” to learn
that the majority of these were among
those who had been adhering to stayat
home orders.
Data from up to 100 hospitals across
the state showed that 66% of patients
– from a pool of 1,000 – had been selfisolating
for the most part and still
contracted the coronavirus; nearly half
of the cases were Hispanic or African
American, Cuomo said during his
Wednesday press briefi ng.
Cuomo said his focus, as well as that
of health experts, have been on new
case numbers which are concentrated
in downstate areas like the New York
City metro area, Long Island and the
lower Hudson.
“You still have 600 new cases that
walked in the door yesterday. A week
before that we still saw 1,000 new
cases every day. Where are those new
cases coming from? Because we’ve
done everything we can to close down,”
Cuomo said. “So what we’ve done over
the last few days is we’ve asked hospitals,
look at just those new cases who
are coming… Where are those new
people coming from and what can we
learn from those new people to further
target and refi ne our strategy?”
Up to 84% of those new patients reported
that they were staying at home,
according to Cuomo, while only 17%
were working. The Cuomo administration
expected a high number of essential
workers, which was not the case.
“We thought maybe they were taking
transportation, and we’ve taken special
precautions on public transportation,
but actually, no. Because these people
were literally at home,” Cuomo said.
“Two percent car services, nine percent
were driving their own vehicle, only
four percent were taking public transportation.
Two percent were walking.”
This revelation followed a historic
decision ordered by Cuomo and organized
by the MTA to close the subways
every day between 1 and 5 a.m. for extensive
disinfecting.
Transportation worker deaths have
increased from 33 in early April, to 109
as of Tuesday night with the New York
City Transit system, being the largest in
North America being swiftly deemed
the culprit for the spread.
Cuomo said this study means that the
spread ultimately boils down to how individuals
protect themselves with face
masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.
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