Deaths from the coronavirus continued their gradual descent, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Friday, with the state recording 422 more deaths, the least since April 1. The state death toll now stands at 16,162.
Other indicators of progress against the virus continue to show improvement, too, though New York is still being hit harder than any state in the nation:
The three-day average of the number of virus patients in hospitals has fallen 11 days in a row. It has dropped by more than 3,000 since last Friday, and is down nearly 25 percent since its peak on April 13, according to statistics cited by the governor.
The number of patients who are intubated, and therefore least likely to survive, has fallen for 12 days in a row.
One area of concern remains the number of new hospital admissions. After dropping almost 35 percent from last Friday to Tuesday, it has fallen only another 5 percent since then.
“That’s basically a flat line, and that is troubling,” Mr. Cuomo said.
The influx of patients reflects the fact that the state is still averaging about 6,000 new virus cases per day.
That is down from almost 11,000 per day during the first week of April but still more than any other state. New York now has 271,590 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Source: New York Times
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