New York State crossed the 10,000 Covid-19 dead mark on Monday, said Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said "the worst" of the crisis was "over" . "The worst is over, if we continue to be intelligent" and to follow the containment measures, he nevertheless qualified. "If we do something stupid, you will see these numbers go up tomorrow . "
By far the most affected region in the United States, New York State has registered 10,056 deaths from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. New York State, and the only city in New York, have recorded more coronavirus-related deaths than most countries in the world, except Italy, Spain, France, United Kingdom and the United States.
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However, the number of net hospitalizations (difference between admissions and discharges) is clearly slowing down. It was 118 over the last 24 hours against 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" of the virus, said the governor.
Asked about the risk that the announcement of a control of the pandemic in the New York region could lead to a loosening in respect of confinement, Andrew Cuomo took refuge behind the figures. "I'm not going to lie to people," he said. “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 governors of several states in the region on Monday to discuss a gradual lifting of containment. At the end of this meeting with his counterparts in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Delaware, he announced the formation of a coordination group which will include three representatives from each state. "We can now take the path back to normal," said Andrew Cuomo, "and have a plan that involves restarting certain activities, mastering a fragile balance." Asked about a schedule, the New York state governor declined to give a date, but said the start of the gradual lifting of the containment was a matter of "weeks . "
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US President Donald Trump said Monday that restarting all or part of non-core business was his decision, not that of the governors. Asked about these statements, Andrew Cuomo delivered, in hollow, a criticism of the management of the crisis by the Trump government and the lack of coordination at the national level. "Do you want to change the management model? You can do it as president, but what is the model? ” said the Democrat, noting that Donald Trump has so far largely left states free to make decisions to deal with the pandemic.
"And let's learn from the past," he added, "because navigation has so far not been mastered, let's be honest." The governor said he was "open" to the federal government taking control of the way out of the crisis, "but tell me what I do and what they do. (...) I just want clarity. "
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