New York State, the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States, has recorded 540 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the least heavy toll for the past 15 days, indicates on Saturday its Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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The last death toll below this figure in this state of some 20 million inhabitants dates back to April 2, with 432 dead, according to the site Covid Tracking Project, which refers. The state's day-long death toll reached 799 on April 9, a record high.
The governor, who extended the containment measures until May 15, remains cautious: 2,000 new people passed through the door of a state hospital yesterday for coronavirus. " We are no longer in the plateau phase, but we are still not out of the woods, " he said.
The Democratic Governor also called for unity. Since the start of the week, he and Republican President Donald Trump have criticized each other on social media and the media. " There is no room for political politics ," Cuomo pleaded on Saturday. " How can the situation get worse, and get worse quickly?" If you politicize all this emotion. We can't afford it . ”
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" Let's stick together and work to get out of it." That's why we call ourselves the United States, right? Unity is the key (...) We need this unity today more than ever, "he said, quoting Abraham Lincoln.