Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put hospitals front and center Monday in the “war” against the Covid-19 epidemic, citing staffing as a chief concern and requiring hospitals to increase their capacity by 50 percent.
He repeatedly cited Elmhurst Hospital in Queens as an example of how hospitals can be overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients and said that a repeat of that needed to be avoided through reallocation of resources, such as distributing patients to other facilities or sharing of staff across systems.
“I’m more concerned about staffing shortages than beds. The beds we can build, thought it’s extraordinarily difficult and expensive. We can’t create more staff and the staff is starting tired.” Noting that thousands of out-of-state medical workers came to New York in the spring when the state was the epicenter of the epidemic, Cuomo said, “They’re all busy” because of the epidemic’s spread throughout the country. “They’re all busy in their own communities. I’m very worried about staffing You manage it by raising the pool of staff as large as you can. You balance the (patient) load across the state and by doing everything you can to reduce the spread. The good news is that we know what we’re dealing with this time in a way we didn’t know in the sprign. We’re better prepared and smarter in managing it.”
Cuomo also said that of the 148,974 tests reported Sunday, 6,819 were positive (4.57% of total). Total hospitalizations are at 3,532. Another 54 COVID deaths were recorded, including four in Suffolk County.
County |
Total Positive |
New Positive |
Albany |
5,816 |
104 |
Allegany |
1,042 |
23 |
Broome |
5,367 |
59 |
Cattaraugus |
1,135 |
21 |
Cayuga |
890 |
21 |
Chautauqua |
1,580 |
18 |
Chemung |
3,087 |
39 |
Chenango |
643 |
4 |
Clinton |
461 |
2 |
Columbia |
1,027 |
7 |
Cortland |
1,061 |
17 |
Delaware |
363 |
4 |
Dutchess |
7,284 |
87 |
Erie |
25,427 |
485 |
Essex |
286 |
1 |
Franklin |
266 |
0 |
Fulton |
508 |
13 |
Genesee |
1,028 |
31 |
Greene |
695 |
7 |
Hamilton |
46 |
1 |
Herkimer |
709 |
18 |
Jefferson |
566 |
15 |
Lewis |
368 |
8 |
Livingston |
714 |
14 |
Madison |
951 |
7 |
Monroe |
15,660 |
522 |
Montgomery |
494 |
10 |
Nassau |
60,701 |
520 |
Niagara |
3,874 |
106 |
NYC |
311,979 |
2,504 |
Oneida |
4,970 |
109 |
Onondaga |
10,804 |
103 |
Ontario |
1,326 |
22 |
Orange |
16,891 |
90 |
Orleans |
630 |
7 |
Oswego |
1,625 |
54 |
Otsego |
632 |
14 |
Putnam |
2,844 |
55 |
Rensselaer |
1,746 |
26 |
Rockland |
21,632 |
130 |
Saratoga |
2,293 |
48 |
Schenectady |
2,481 |
38 |
Schoharie |
197 |
1 |
Schuyler |
316 |
2 |
Seneca |
309 |
14 |
St. Lawrence |
850 |
28 |
Steuben |
1,797 |
26 |
Suffolk |
61,072 |
658 |
Sullivan |
2,202 |
11 |
Tioga |
1,149 |
17 |
Tompkins |
1,118 |
13 |
Ulster |
3,381 |
56 |
Warren |
583 |
6 |
Washington |
452 |
3 |
Wayne |
1,148 |
21 |
Westchester |
50,693 |
583 |
Wyoming |
546 |
13 |
Yates |
265 |
3 |
Yesterday, 54 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,747. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
Deaths by County of Residence |
|
County |
New Deaths |
Albany |
1 |
Bronx |
6 |
Broome |
2 |
Chemung |
7 |
Columbia |
1 |
Dutchess |
1 |
Erie |
10 |
Kings |
4 |
Manhattan |
2 |
Monroe |
1 |
Nassau |
1 |
Oneida |
1 |
Onondaga |
1 |
Orange |
1 |
Rockland |
1 |
Saratoga |
1 |
St. Lawrence |
1 |
Suffolk |
4 |
Tioga |
2 |
Ulster |
1 |
Wayne |
1 |
Westchester |
1 |
Wyoming |
2 |
Yates |
1 |
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FOCUS ZONE |
11/8- 11/14 % Positive |
11/15- 11/21 % Positive |
Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average |
Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average |
Current 7-day Rolling average |
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Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive |
3.69% |
3.69% |
3.01% |
3.93% |
4.34% |
|
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Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive |
4.64% |
4.15% |
4.76% |
5.12% |
5.54% |
|
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Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive |
9.26% |
5.69% |
6.28% |
7.00% |
6.68% |
|
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Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive |
4.80% |
4.85% |
3.37% |
3.49% |
2.87% |