(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Over 4,800 people diagnosed and suspected of dying of New Coronary Pneumonia in nursing homes in New York State
China News Service, New York, May 5 (Reporter Madelin) According to US media reports on the 5th, the New York State Department of Health reported that between March 1 and May 3, a total of at least 4813 people were diagnosed in New York State nursing homes and adult care institutions Or suspected of dying of new coronary pneumonia. This figure does not include old people who lived in nursing homes and died after hospitalization.
"New York Times" reported that as of April 28, New York State nursing homes and adult care institutions reported a total of 3025 people died of new coronary pneumonia. In the updated death data, more than 1,600 people were suspected of dying of new coronary pneumonia. They did not report a positive result of the virus test, but the symptoms were similar. The New York State Department of Health said that because they improved the statistical methods, the number of deaths in institutions such as nursing homes may change in the future. The Associated Press reported that this change in data indicates that the outbreak in nursing homes in New York State is probably much more serious than people had previously estimated.
Other data show that the New York State epidemic is continuing to ease. New York State Governor Andrew Como held a press conference in New York City that day, New York State newly admitted 659 new coronary patients with pneumonia on the 4th, which fell for the fourth consecutive day and was the first time since March 24 that it was below 700; New There were 230 deaths from newly diagnosed coronary pneumonia, which was less than 300 for the fifth consecutive day; the total number of hospitalizations fell to 9,600, which was less than 10,000 for the third consecutive day.
New York City Mayor Bai Sihao said at a press conference that May 3, New York City added 75 new patients with new coronary pneumonia, which was 13 fewer than the 2nd; the number of intensive care patients was 596, 36 fewer than the 2nd; New Crown The positive rate of virus detection was 22%, an increase of 5 percentage points from the 2nd.
New York City also reported 15 cases of children with multi-system inflammatory syndrome, of which four were tested positive for the new coronavirus and six had viral antibodies. No patient deaths have been reported so far. The doctor suspects that the syndrome is related to the new coronavirus, and reminds people who have symptoms of fever, rash, abdominal pain, and vomiting to contact the doctor immediately.
Como said that despite the mitigation of the epidemic, "today's actions will determine the future situation", "detection-tracking-isolation" is still the key to controlling the infection rate. New York State “restart” must take a sensible approach based on data. He said that speeding up the restart may reduce economic losses, but it will lead to the loss of more lives, and life is priceless.
The New York Times reported that a recent model calculation by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) showed that if the US states speed up their work, the number of deaths in the United States in a single day of new coronary pneumonia may increase to 3,000 by June 1; At the end of June, the number of new infections in a single day may reach 200,000.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, nearly 319,000 people have been diagnosed with New Coronavirus infection in New York State, and 25,000 have died. (Finish)