Lhe last toll lower than this figure in this state of some 20 million inhabitants dated back to April 2, with 432 dead, according to the site Covid Tracking Project, which refers to.
The state’s one-day death toll reached a record 799 on April 9.
The governor, who extended the containment measures until May 15 on Thursday, nevertheless remains cautious: 2,000 new people still walked through the door of a state hospital yesterday for the coronavirus, he said.
“We are no longer in the plateau phase, but we still have not come out of the woods,” he said.
The Democratic governor also called for unity. Since the start of the week, he and Republican President Donald Trump have strongly criticized each other on social networks or through media.
“There is no room for political politics,” Cuomo pleaded on Saturday. “How can the situation get worse, and quickly worse? If you politicize all this emotion. We can’t afford it. ”
“Let’s stick together and work to get out of this. That’s what we call ourselves America for, right? Unity is the key […] We need this unity today more than ever, ”he said, quoting Abraham Lincoln.
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