Two-thirds of New York coronavirus hospitalizations are patients who stayed home for two months…is lockdown working?
SHOCKING statistics show two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized for coronavirus in New York became infected despite largely staying at home.
A three-day Government survey of hosptialized patients, which was revealed by Cuomo during his daily press briefing on Wednesday, has thrown into question the effectiveness of the lockdown measures.
As only 17-percent of respondents said that they were employed, Cuomo noted that fewer hospitalizations than feared were among front-line workers.
Cuomo said: “Sixty-six percent of the people were at home, which is shocking to us.
“So, that says they’re not working, they’re not traveling.”
He added: “These people were literally at home.”
Despite the twist, Cuomo doubled down on his calls for social-distancing and personal responsibility.
He also warned that New York’s death toll is likely higher than reported.
Cuomo told reporters at Long Island hospital: “Everything is closed down, government has done everything it could, society has done everything it could.
“Now it’s up to you. Are you wearing a mask? Are you doing the hand sanitizer?”
“If you have younger people who are visiting you and maybe be out there and maybe less diligent with the social distancing — are you staying away from older people?”
Over the weekend cops had to remind New Yorkers of social distancing rules yesterday after they came out in force to soak up the spring rays in Central Park.
State officials commissioned the survey to try to better understand how the coronavirus is continuing to spread even as the growth in new cases has slowed dramatically in the weeks after the implementation of social distancing measures.
They also explained that the source of hospital admissions was simply asking patients where they lived before coming to the hospital — and was not an indicator of their compliance with social distancing guidelines or a potential source of infection.
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There were 601 new cases reported in a 24-hour period in New York State yesterday, down dramatically decline from early April when officials were recording upwards of 3,200 new positives every day.
The data also showed that men accounted for slightly more than half of the hospitalizations and that virtually all patients — 96 percent — had an underlying illness.
State officials drew the numbers from a three-day survey of 1,269 patients at 113 hospitals located across the state.