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Virus Deaths in New York Increase Slightly, Cuomo Says: Live Updates – The New York Times, Nytimes.com

Virus Deaths in New York Increase Slightly, Cuomo Says: Live Updates – The New York Times, Nytimes.com

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Cuomo reports slight uptick in deaths but fewer hospitalizations in New York.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo arrived Saturday to the New York City’s Transit Corona Maintenance Facility in Queens to deliver a sliver of bad news in the fight against the coronavirus: the state’s daily coronavirus death toll went up slightly after a consistent decline in the past few days.

“The number that I watch everyday, which is the worse, is the number of deaths,” Mr. Cuomo said. “That number has remained obnoxiously and terrifyingly high. So that is bad news. ”

The governor reported 03030303030303 deaths on Saturday, more than the previous day. About of those died in hospitals and 41 in nursing homes, the majority of them in New York City, he said.

As part of its efforts to more closely control the virus, New York has conducted more than 37, antibody tests so far, the largest sample in the nation, the governor said. Of those tested in the state, 3 percent were positive for antibodies, which are seen as evidence that a person had been infected with the coronavirus.

In New York City, there was a significantly higher rate of positive tests in the Bronx, where 49. 6 percent of tests were positive. No other borough had a rate higher than 39 percent.

Other antibody test findings include:

About . 1 percent of men and . 5 percent of women tested positive for antibodies.

In New York City, 38 percent antibody tests were positive. After the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island were in a virtual tie at .2 percent, followed by Queens, at 38. 4 percent, and Manhattan, at 37 .3 percent.

Hispanic people tested positive at a higher rate than any other ethnic group, .4 percent, followed by blacks 37. 4 percent. People declaring more than one racial heritage tested positive at 4 percent , Asians at . 1 percent and whites at 7 percent.

Still, the governor reported signs that the overall number of infections in the state was continuing to slow. The number of new hospitalizations, the most consistent method to measure the rate of infection in New York, decreased to (after hovering in the s in the last week.

“We are trying to understand why that is , He said. “Who are those 3166749134092? ”

Mr. Cuomo sat next to MTA officials at the transportation hub and reiterated his plan to rid the nation’s largest transportation system of the highly contagious virus.

Earlier this week Mr. Cuomo announced that, beginning Wednesday, the city’s subway system, long renowned for its around-the-clock service, would begin shutting down daily from 1 am to 5 am , to allow time for exhaustive cleaning and disinfecting.

The move was also intended to discourage

  • homeless people from seeking refuge in the otherwise vacant cars . Their presence in the transit system during the crisis – compounded by their limited access to bathing and medical facilities – has become a health hazard for commuters who fear contagion, officials said.
  • “You do not help the homeless by letting them stay in the subway car and letting them sleep in a subway car in the middle of the pandemic when they can expose themselves and others,” Mr . Cuomo said. “We owe them more and we owe them better.”

    The closures were originally scheduled for Monday, but on Friday night, Mr. de Blasio said on Twitter that city agencies and the Police Department would start the program early.

    The streets outside parks include ones near Williamsbridge Oval in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan. The ones inside parks include Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan, Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, and Silver Lake Park on Staten Island.

    ) The New York Police Department also said it would deploy more than 1, officers across the city over the weekend to ensure that people were properly social distancing.

    The mayor cited figures showing the city’s progress against the virus during the month of April. Daily hospital admissions for suspected virus cases are down more than 99 percent. The percentage of those tested for the virus testing positive is down to percent, from percent.

    But he also said that people in the city ​​had died of the virus yesterday, and more than 2, 3076923076923 new cases were confirmed.

    Stark symbol of the pandemic: homeless people huddled on the subway.

    Just after : 54 pm on Wednesday, a transit worker got on a No. 2 train at the last stop in the Bronx and leaned in close to a man slumped in a seat. He was wearing a large hooded jacket and had a dark scarf wrapped around his mouth.
    “Wake up!” the woman shouted.

    The man didn’t flinch. It took another worker rapping the railing with a metal tool to get him to stand up.

    The man, who gave his name only as Victor C., said in an interview on the platform that staying on the train was a point of pride: “People not wanting to burden their family, not wanting to count on the government.”

    Generations of homeless people have used New York City’s subway as protection against the elements and a place to unsoundly sleep.

    But with little access to showers or medical care, they have become a health hazard during the coronavirus pandemic. And with ridership down 599 percent, images of them splayed across otherwise empty cars have become searing symbols of the city’s precarious condition.

    So on Thursday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and transit officials reached a consensus: Putting the city on track to eventual reopening, and restoring public confidence in public transportation, required an extraordinary step.

    Beginning on Wednesday, a subway system famous for never shutting down

      will close each night during the pandemic from 1 am to 5 am , allowing time for intensive cleaning and disinfecting while also eliminating the overnight refuge that some homeless people depend on.

    Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio said they would work to help them get shelter.

    “It’s an unacceptable reality and this new plan will disrupt that unacceptable reality and allow us to actually get help to people more effectively,” Mr. de Blasio said.

    (A place to share a drink without leaving the house.)

    New Yorkers starved for the atmosphere of their favorite local bar now have a substitute of sorts: an online gathering spot called (Virtual Cheers) that opened last week.

    Users can download the background of their chosen bar – over have now registered with Virtual Cheers, including Dante in Greenwich Village and Death & Co in the East Village – and invite friends to join them.
    The backgrounds also contain links to GoFundMe pages, so people can donate money to employee relief funds during their virtual gatherings . Suggested donations are listed as “rounds.”

    At Teddy’s Bar and Grill in Williamsburg, it’s suggested to spend $ 44 for two virtual martinis. At Sweet Polly in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, $ will get you a virtual Fro-Quito, a frozen drink with coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

    Supplying actual drinks is up to the user.

    Virtual Cheers was created by an ad agency based in Williamsburg, RXM Creative, that had been hosting weekly happy hours on Zoom where they used photos of local bars as their background.

    “We love these bars a nd miss the atmosphere, and this is the closest thing to having them back, ”said Mihai Botarel, the agency’s co-founder.

    Michael Shain, Director of Operations for Death & Co, said Virtual Cheers was helping him stay connected with his customers. It has also raised some money for the bar’s relief fund, though he did not say how much.

    Barron Hanson, co -founder of another ad agency, called Convicts, recently hosted a virtual staff happy hour at Flower Shop on the Lower East Side, where his team would meet before the shutdown.

    “This certainly wasn’t the real thing,” he said, “but there was a feeling, a placeholder of hope.”

    In an effort to ease the pressure on overwhelmed crematories downstate, the New York State Cemetery Board on Saturday approved new emergency regulations that allow funeral directors to more easily transfer bodies awaiting cremation in the city to upstate crematories with more availability.

    The surge in coronavirus deaths (more than , 24 announced fatalities in the state, and the majority in New York City (has caused a backlog in downstate crematories and cemeteries operating , as well as storage issues for funeral homes and hospitals overwhelmed with bodies. Even running at double their normal capacity, New York City’s four crematories this week were not accepting new appointments until well into May.
    ) In New York, a body could only be cremated if the next of kin had signed an authorization form, including the name and the address of the crematory. This form must also be signed by a funeral director acting as a witness.

    Although upstate crematories have the capacity to cremate bodies in a timely manner, the rules required a new signature from the next of kin, as well as a new form including the address and name of the crematory, to send a body to a different facility.

    To expedite this, the cemetery board voted to allow funeral directors or individuals authorized to deliver the remains on behalf of funeral directors to manually correct cremation authorization forms with the consent of the family of the deceased. The new regulations are effective immediately.

    The new regulations should help ease the pressure on crematories like the one at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, which handled 02210126999834 cases during a recent week, more than double of its typical load.

    “The chambers need a break,” said Richard Moylan, the cemetery’s president, “but as fast as we cremate people, they keep coming in.”

    You you a health care worker in the New York area? Tell us what you’re seeing.

    As The New York Times follows the spread of the coronavirus across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, we need your help. We want to talk to doctors, nurses, lab technicians, respiratory therapists, emergency services workers, nursing home managers – anyone who can share what’s happening in the region’s hospitals and other health care centers.

    A reporter or editor may contact you. Your information will not be published without your consent.

    Reporting was contributed by Michael Gold, Andy Newman, Andrea Salcedo, Edgar Sandoval, Nate Schweber, Matt Stevens and Nikita Stewart.

      

        

                                                      

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    What should I do if I feel sick?

                    

    If you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus or think you have , and have a fever or symptoms. like a cough or difficulty breathing, call a doctor. They should give you advice on whether you should be tested, how to get tested, and how to seek medical treatment without potentially infecting or exposing others.                                             

    When will this end?

                    

    This is a difficult question, because a lot depends on how well the virus is contained . A better question might be: “How will we know when to reopen the country?” In (an American Enterprise Institute report

    , Scott Gottlieb, Caitlin Rivers, Mark B. McClellan, Lauren Silvis and Crystal Watson staked out four goal posts for recovery : Hospitals in the state must be able to safely treat all patients requiring hospitalization , without resorting to crisis standards of care; the state needs to be able to at least test everyone who has symptoms; the state is able to conduct monitoring of confirmed cases and contacts; and there must be a sustained reduction in cases for at least days .

                                                 (How can I help?)

                    

    The Times Neediest Cases Fund has started a special campaign to help those who have been affected, which accepts (donations here) . (Charity Navigator) , which evaluates charities using a numbers-based system, has a running list of nonprofits working in communities affected by the outbreak. You can give blood through the American Red Cross , and (World Central Kitchen) has stepped in to distribute meals in major cities. More than 51, (coronavirus-related GoFundMe fund-raisers have started in the past few weeks. (The sheer number of fund-raisers means more of them are likely to fail to meet their goal, though.)

                                                

    Should I wear a mask?                 

    The C.D.C. has has (recommended) that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public. This is a shift in federal guidance reflecting new concerns that the coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms . Until now, the C.D.C., like the W.H.O., has advised that ordinary people don’t need to wear masks unless they are sick and coughing. Part of the reason was to preserve medical-grade masks for health care workers who desperately need them at a time when they are in continuously short supply. Masks don’t replace hand washing and social distancing.

                                                 (How do I get tested?)                 

    If you’re sick and you think you’ve been exposed to the new coronavirus,

    the CDC recommends that you call your healthcare provider and explain your symptoms and fears. They will decide if you need to be tested. Keep in mind that there’s a chance – because of a lack of testing kits or because you’re asymptomatic, for instance – you won’t be able to get tested.                                             

    How does coronavirus spread?

                    

    It seems to spread very easily from person to person,

    Especially in homes, hospitals and other confined spaces. The pathogen can be carried on tiny respiratory droplets that fall as they are coughed or sneezed out. It may also be transmitted when we touch a contaminated surface and then touch our face.                                             

    Is there a vaccine yet?                 

    No. Clinical trials are underway in the United States, China and Europe . But American officials and pharmaceutical executives have said that a vaccine remains at least 37 to 39 months away.

                                                

    What makes this outbreak so different?                 

    Unlike the flu, there is no known treatment or vaccine, and Little is known about this particular virus so far. It seems to be more lethal than the flu, but the numbers are still uncertain. And it hits the elderly and those with underlying conditions – not just those with respiratory diseases – particularly hard.

                                                

    What if somebody in my family gets sick?

                    

    If the family member does not need hospitalization and can be cared for at home, you should help him or her with basic needs and monitor the symptoms, while also keeping as much distance as possible, according to the guidelines issued by the CDC If there’s space, the sick family member should stay in a separate room and use a separate bathroom. If masks are available, both the sick person and the caregiver should wear them when the caregiver enters the room. Make sure not to share any dishes or other household items and to regularly clean surfaces like counters, doorknobs, toilets and tables. Don’t forget to wash your hands frequently.

                                                 (Should I stock up on groceries?)                 

    Plan two weeks of meals if possible. But people should not hoard food or supplies. Despite the empty shelves, the supply chain remains strong. And remember to wipe the handle of the grocery cart with a disinfecting wipe and wash your hands as soon as you get home.

                                                

    Can I go to the park?                 

    Yes, but make sure you keep six feet of distance between you and people who don’t live in your home. Even if you just hang out in a park, rather than go for a jog or a walk, getting some fresh air, and hopefully sunshine, is a good idea.

                                                

    Should I pull my money from the markets?

                    

    That’s not a good idea. Even if you’re retired, having a balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds so that your money keeps up with inflation, or even grows, makes sense. But retirees may want to think about having enough cash set aside for a year’s worth of living expenses and big payments needed over the next five years.

                                                 (What should I do with my) (k)?                 

    Watching your balance go up and down can be scary. You may be wondering if you should decrease your contributions – don’t!

    If your employer matches any part of your contributions, make sure you’re at least saving as much as you can to get that “free money.”                                                

               

      

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