more than 10,000 dead in New York State, “the worst is over”, according to its governor

New York State crossed the milestone of 10,000 Covid-19 deaths on Monday, April 13, said Governor Andrew Cuomo, who nevertheless estimated that “the worst»Of the crisis was “past”. “The worst is over, if we continue to be smart” and to follow the containment measures, he nevertheless qualified. “If we do something stupid, you will see those numbers go up tomorrow”.

By far the most affected region in the United States, New York State has recorded 10,056 deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. New York State, and New York City alone, has recorded more coronavirus-related deaths than most countries around the world, except Italy, Spain, France, United Kingdom and United States.

However, the net number of hospitalizations (difference between admissions and discharges) is clearly slowing down. It was 118 over the last 24 hours compared to more than 1,000 on April 3 and the previous days. If it is still considerable, with 671 deaths, the toll of the last 24 hours is the lowest for a week (April 5). “We are in the process of controlling the spread” virus, said the governor.

Asked about the risk that the announcement of control of the pandemic in the New York region will lead to a relaxation in compliance with containment, Andrew Cuomo has taken refuge behind the figures. “I’m not going to lie to people, he explained. The facts are the facts. The numbers are the numbers. I need people to think that what we are doing is credible. ”

Andrew Cuomo met with the governors of several states in the region on Monday to discuss a gradual lifting of the lockdown. Following this meeting with his counterparts in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Delaware, he announced the formation of a coordination group that will include three representatives from each state. “We can now take the path back to normal, said Andrew Cuomo, and have a plan that provides for the restart of certain activities, while controlling a fragile balance. ” Asked about a timeline, the New York state governor declined to give a date, but said the start of the phase-out of the lockdown was a question “Weeks”.

On Monday, Donald Trump said that restarting all or part of non-essential activities was his decision and not those of the governors. Asked about these statements, Andrew Cuomo delivered, in hollow, a criticism of the management of the crisis by the Trump administration and the lack of coordination at the national level. “Do you want to change the business model? You can do it as president, but what’s the model? ”, said the Democrat, stressing that Donald Trump had so far largely left the States free of their decisions to face the pandemic.

“And let’s learn from the past, he added, because, so far, navigation has not been mastered, let’s be honest. ” The governor said to himself “open” that the federal government take control of crisis management, “But explain to me what I do and what they do. (…) I just want clarity. “

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