ALBANY, NEW YORK -- Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has ordered a basic shut down of New York state, mandating only essential workers to be traveling outside or on the job. All others are to be in their homes but can be outside for solitary exercise. Among some of the rules for seniors over 70 and those with compromised health and underlying illness is the above chart he produced at his press conference this morning.
Cuomo said New York has done more testing per capita than both China and South Korea which explains the newest totals of confirmed cases of Coronavirus, today at 7,102 in the state, including 4,408 in New York City. He said the state has done 32,427 tests so far, probably much more than any other state.
Why This Is A Startling Statistic
1 in approximately 2,825 people have the virus in New York State with testing results so far, compared to other countries (having larger populations) with these numbers: South Korea, 1 in 5,929; Italy, 1 in 1,476; Spain, 1 in 2,586; and smaller countries Switzerland, 1 in 2,060; and Norway, 1 in 2,979. China has about 1 in 16,000 confirmed total.
It appears that New York is currently in a situation much worse than South Korea, and almost as bad a Italy and Spain who are locked down as well.
Governor's Press Conference Friday March 20 https://www.c-span.org/video/?470549-1/governor-cuomo-essential-workers-work-home
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