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| DATE | 2020-10-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Hospitalizations increase in New York amid second
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Hospitalizations increase in New York amid second COVID-19 spike
DESPITE City data to the contrary which I posted just before we have
this in the NY Post today
https://nypost.com/2020/10/12/hospitalizations-increase-in-new-york-amid-covid-19-spike/
nypost.com
Hospitalizations increase in New York amid second COVID-19 spike
By Bernadette Hogan
3-4 minutes
October 12, 2020 | 10:40pm | Updated October 13, 2020 | 1:08am
ALBANY — Hospitalizations have increased in New York alongside an
alarming spike in coronavirus cases that have caused Gov. Andrew Cuomo
to reinstate cluster containment zones and shut down schools in specific
areas.
A total of 878 New Yorkers were hospitalized as of Monday — an increase
of nearly 60 patients compared to Sunday’s data recording 820
hospitalized individuals.
“The largest single identifiable addition is from the micro-clusters,”
Cuomo told reporters during an afternoon phone conference.
***********“Remember we were at 18,000 hospitalized so the
hospitalization number to us is more relevant as an indicator for where
people are, where the cases are coming from again, right?”*************
Last week the governor instituted a new “hotspot” cluster zone map
including portions of Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Rockland, Orange
and Broome Counties.
Red, orange and yellow “zones” have been set up where positive virus
infection rates have ballooned into double digits — blowing past the
Empire State’s cumulative, statewide infection rate that had been
hovering around one percent for several months.
Restrictions in these areas include temporary school closures, as well
as nonessential businesses like restaurants and gyms, and are set to
last through the next two weeks after which they will be reevaluated.
Cuomo has reminded reporters during conference calls that infection
rates in hotspots are so high partially because the state has been
“oversampling,” or over testing in those areas.
The statewide infection rate recorded as of midnight is 1.1 percent, but
the independently, cluster zones have a combined 3.7 percent positivity
rate.
“Testing tells you where the cases are, hospitalizations tell you where
the serious cases are, and that’s why we track the hospitalizations the
way we do,” he said.
“In New York it’s a micro-cluster, and we’re going to be doing more of
this wherever we find a concentration of cases relative to our norm,
that is a micro-cluster.”
“New York State has hot spots, which is a term we used in the state, but
it’s not nationwide. A hot spot, it’s nationwide. A cool spot compared
to where other states are, right? And it’s because we’re this diligent
that we keep the number down,” he added.
Meanwhile, 12 New Yorkers lost their battle with the virus, in addition
to 185 patients checked into the ICU and 86 intubated individuals.
Overall, 33,294 individuals have died of confirmed or presumed virus
cases since March according to data from Johns Hopkins University, or
25,587 according to the state Health Department which only tracks
confirmed deaths.
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FACT CHECK
LOOKING at the NYC Data we have as a fact:
**22** hospitalizations as of 10-9 and 15 in Brooklyn although it does
say that "Due to delays in reporting,
recent data are incomplete."
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
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