New York governor says ventilators are the “single greatest challenge”
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated that the state needs 30,000 ventilators for coronavirus patients.
He said that the state has 4,000 ventilators in the existing hospital system and the federal government has sent 4,000. The state has purchased 7,000 others and is “still shopping," he added.
“Our single greatest challenge are the ventilators," Cuomo said.
New York governor says Senate stimulus bill would be “terrible” for the state
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Senate’s $2 trillion stimulus bill would be “terrible for state of New York.”
He said that based on the way the bill is written New York’s government would only get $3.8 billion. He added that “sounds like a lot of money” — but it’s not considering he estimates the state is looking at a revenue shortfall of $9 to 15 billion and response has already cost New York $1 billion.
Cuomo added that in the Senate bill, New York City gets $1.3 billion, which he called a “drop in the bucket.”
He continued by saying that he has spoken to New York’s House delegation. “I said to them, ‘this doesn’t do it,’” adding, “We need the House to make adjustments.”
“I’m telling you these numbers don’t work,” he said.
There are more than 30,000 coronavirus cases in New York
There are at least 30,811 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state of New York, Gov. Cuomo said at a news conference today.
At least 17,858 of those cases are in New York City.
Cuomo said that 12% of those individuals who have tested positive are hospitalized, and 3% of positive cases are in ICU.
At least 285 people across the state who had tested positive for coronavirus have died, Cuomo added.
He added that 28% of all coronavirus testing across the country has been done by New York state — more than any other state.
New York governor said he discussed “rolling deployment” to send resources across the country
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he spoke to Trump and White House task force about a “rolling deployment” of resources around the country that starts with New York.
“New York has the greatest need in terms of numbers” of cases as well as the “most critical in terms of timing,” Cuomo said.
He added that New York’s 'trajectory is first by a long shot."
He said he told the White House, “let’s talk about addressing the critical need in that hot spot” then “once you address that hot spot…then shift to the next hot spot.”
He said that he when the time comes to “redeploy that equipment and personnel to the next hotspot” he will “personally guarantee it, and personally manage it” even traveling to the next place in the country that need the resources.
New York governor says getting more hospital beds is a main priority
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said hospital beds remain one of the state’s most critical needs: They need 140,000 to support coronavirus patients, but they only have 53,000.
He outlined some possible measures to increase bead capacity, including:
Asking all hospitals to increase capacity by 50%
Asking some hospitals to increase capacity by 100%
Setting up beds at convention centers
Setting up bed on the US Navy ship Comfort
Using dorms, hotels and nursing homes
New York governor says “density control” measures may be working
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference that “evidence suggest density control measures may be working” during the coronavirus outbreak.
He cited the number of hospitalizations in the state due to the virus:
Sunday — hospitalizations would double every 2 days
Monday — hospitalizations would double every 3.4 days
Tuesday — hospitalizations would double every 4.7 days
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