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Not only are hundreds of people dying in hospitals, straining their morgues, but the number dying at home is exploding, said Aja Worthy Davis, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office. Before the pandemic, she said, at-home deaths ranged between 20 and 25 a day. Now they average around 200, she said. … [Read more...] about New York City considers mass grave in park for virus victims

The Patriots brought back 1.2 million of the masks on the team jet Thursday from China as part of a joint effort with Governor Charlie Baker to get them to health care workers in Massachusetts, where the supply is critically low. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Crisis: Patriots Send 300,000 N95 Masks To New York City

“We all have a responsibility. We all have a role in this. The role that we play is a societal obligation,” Cuomo said. “You don’t have the right to risk someone else’s life. You don’t have the right to take a health-care worker’s life and be cavalier about it. We know the sacrifices they are making and we have to respect it. It’s that simple.” … [Read more...] about Cuomo Suggests ‘Possible Flattening of the Curve’ in New York

Cuomo cautioned that it was not yet clear if the state had reached the “apex” of the infection of the death curve, but he noted that it appeared positive. He also noted that hospital limits were already at “red line capacity.” … [Read more...] about Andrew Cuomo: New York Deaths ‘Effectively Flat’ for Two Days

“There’s not enough in the federal stockpile to take care of New York and Illinois and Texas and Florida and California. It’s just not an option. The only option I see is there’s a national deployment. Everyone says this is wartime. It is a war, and the virus is the enemy. Help New York today… and then nationally, we shift the resources to the next place that is most impacted,” Cuomo said. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Update: New York May Already Be At Or Near Its Apex Of Cases, Cuomo Says; Deaths Drop For First Time