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Breakings: There are 113,704 confirmed cases, with 10,841 new cases in New York state, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press briefing Saturday. NYC tops 63,000, Cuomo says; state death toll rises to 3,565.
▪️15,905 currently hospitalized (up by 1,095)
▪️4,126 in ICU (up by 395)
▪️GOOD NEWS: 10,478 discharged (up by 1,592)
-New York state is now reporting 630 new coronavirus deaths compared to yesterday
-Long Island is the area that's growing."
-NY State tested 23,100 in the past 24 hours. Highest number of daily tests as well.
-15,905 people are hospitalized(up by 1,095), 4126 are in the ICU (up by 395)
- Chinese government is going to facilitate the donation of 1,000 ventilators that are coming into JFK airport today
-The state of Oregon is sending 140 ventilators to New York state
-New York City is dropping (slightly) as a percentage of cases withing the state.
124,500 - Spain
119,800 - Italy
113,700 - New York state
92,000 - Germany
83,000 - France
82,500 - China
By next week Saturday nyc will have 100k infections if these rates still hold. Looking at the numbers. Nyc has an higher infection rate than the whole entire nation of Iran. I wonder if nyc will surpass the entire rate of China next week?
The MTA Reduces Service, Leading to Some Crowded Cars
But fewer trains means an increased chance of exposure for those who rely on them. The reduced schedule presents a number of risks. As with all sectors, the transit system has been hit with the coronavirus. On Tuesday, WABC reported that the MTA had 582 confirmed cases (including Chairman Foye) and an additional 3,334 quarantining at home, out of a workforce of about 74,000. This staffing shortage has placed more strain on the already less-frequent service. And with fewer trains, people are more likely to gather in the stations to wait.
A fed-up straphanger went off the rails on social media over recent packed city subway cars, trashing the MTA for its alleged shoddy service and posting videos of stuffed trains in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re all going to f–king die,” the woman says in a YouTube clip shot Friday. “Packed. And then you continue to say 6 feet away from each other. How is this possible?
Looks like united states is on track for 10k deaths by the end of next week.
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