Archive: NYS COVID-19 Resources & Information
4/23/20

In the rapidly changing dynamics of combating the Cornonavirus, information is updated constantly. This archive is being provided as an additional resource for those seeking to learn more about how New York State is addressing COVID-19.

4/23/20 Updates
From Governor Cuomo's Briefing in the Red Room of the NYS Capitol 

OVERVIEW

  • Total hospitalizations and intubations are down.
  • Hospitalizations per day remains relatively flat, which is not great news.
  • We need to reduce the number of new infections thus the number of new people entering the hospital system.

TOTAL NYS DEATHS: 15,740 (438 new) This number is not coming down as fast as we would like it to.

NURSING HOMES

  • Nursing homes are a top priority.
  • Staff must have appropriate PPE and temperature checks daily.
  • No visitors are allowed.
  • COVID positive individuals need to be isolated.
  • Nursing homes must immediately report to DOH actions they have taken to comply with DOH and CDC directives.
  • DOH will inspect facilities that have not complied with directives, including separation policies, and inadequate PPE.
  • If DOH determines that facilities failed to comply, DOH will immediately require facility to submit action plan and facility.
  • Facilities could be fined $10,000 per violation or potentially lose operating license.
  • DOH and Attorney General Letitia James will undertake an investigation of nursing homes in order to ensure adherence to regulations enacted in executive orders.

TESTING

  • Test, trace, isolate.
  • Those who test positive can donate plasma.
  • Testing can tell you the infection rate in the population to inform a reopening strategy and when you start reopening, you can watch the infection rate to see if this goes up.
  • States need a baseline study of where we are.
  • The State did 3,000 surveys over two days in 19 counties and 40 localities across NYS. 13.9% of the total tested positive for the antibodies. (Females 12% / Males 15.9%)

Among Regions:

  • NYC (21.2%)
  • Long Island (16.7%)
  • Westchester/Rockland (11.7%)
  • Rest of State (3.6%)

  • This means 2.7M infected statewide, potentially. 
  • The death rate of people infected is about 0.5%. 
  • NYS will do more testing in African American and Latino communities.
  • Testing will be conducted starting today in NYC public housing.
  • Churches are willing to use their facilities as testing sites.

REOPENING

  • The data supports a regional analysis and decision-making in a coordinated framework.
  • What you do in a region still has to be coordinated.

WORKFORCE

  • NYS has paid out $2.2B to over 1 million people who have applied for unemployment.
  • 1.4M New Yorkers will be collecting unemployment.
  • NY has rolled out new system to apply for PUA to make more streamlined.
  • 3,000 people have been recruited to assist with unemployment issues.
  • Gig workers are the only ones with outstanding unemployment cases.