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Pandemic deaths declined in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in his
daily briefing. But he cautioned, “Happy days are not here again.”

The governor reported 540 deaths in the last 24 hours at his daily press briefing in Albany. “That is still an overwhelming number every day.” Still, the tally is down 110 deaths from a day earlier, and represents
the lowest total since April 1.

Of the deaths, 36 came from people confined to nursing homes, which are
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complications. “It is the feeding frenzy for this virus,” Cuomo said.

The statewide toll now stands at 236,732 cases, with 7,090 reported in
the last day. In that, 2,000 new hospitalizations were initiated on
Friday. “We’re not at a plateau anymore, but we’re not at a good position,” Cuomo said.

The governor also addressed opening the state back up for business, and
put a damper on expectations. Several states have started loosening the
reins, and protests have erupted in places where restrictions have
citizens at a boiling point.

“Everybody wants to reopen,” Cuomo said. “The tension on reopening is: How fast can you reopen and what can you reopen without raising that
infection rate?”

Testing is the key to reopening, Cuomo said.

“The trick with testing is not that we don’t know how to do it … it’s bringing this up to scale,” Cuomo said.


https://deadline.com/2020/04/new-york-coronovirus-deaths-down-but-gov-cuomo-cautions-happy-days-are-not-here-again-1202911836/

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