Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York drop, but deaths remain 'infuriatingly constant'
New York state, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, recorded 572 new coronavirus hospitalizations Friday, its lowest daily rise since March. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called the total "welcome news," but he was far more somber when it came to the number of daily deaths in his state.
While hospitalizations have continuously fallen to essentially the point they were when New York first went into lockdown, the number of deaths has remained flat in recent days. Cuomo said Saturday that the latest daily toll was 226, a figure he described as "infuriatingly constant."
The number of new coronavirus cases per day in New York has dropped, but the number of deaths remains “infuriatingly constant,” Gov. Cuomo says https://t.co/t5NBe35MU3 pic.twitter.com/YfGBhLF4rQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2020
He also noted that poor and minority communities are "suffering most" from the epidemic, something the state is focusing on.
Of the 21 New York zip codes with the most new COVID-19 hospitalizations, 20 have greater than average black and/or Latino populations, Gov. Cuomo says https://t.co/t5NBe35MU3 pic.twitter.com/GHhtM1mjXC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2020
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