In the course of the past day are 731 people who were infected with the coronavirus, died in the state of New York.
It is the highest number of coronadødsfald, the state has registered on a single day, says governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
It comes after authorities in the state have registered respectively 594 and 630 deaths on Monday and Sunday.
In all, 5489 people with coronasmitte now lost their lives in the state of New York, which is AMERICA’s hardest-hit.
Governor Cuomo stresses that the number of the dead is a late indicator of how the infection develops. He points out that the number of admissions does not look quite so bad out, writes the New York Times.
According to the newspaper believes the land still, to smittekurven is about to flatten out, thanks to the measures introduced.
Cuomo said, according to the New York Times, it has seemed that people keep at home and keep distance to each other, when they go out.
“to the extent we see a flatter curve or a possible plateau, it is because of what we do, and we must continue to do it,” says the governor, according to the New York Times.
There is almost 139.000 confirmed smittetilfælde in the state.
In the course of the past day is 656 coronasmittede patients have been admitted to one of the state hospitals in the past day. This is a significant increase compared to the 358 who were hospitalized the previous day.
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