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New York Governor Cuomo: The peak of the second wave of epidemic may come this fall

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a daily briefing on the COVID-19 outbreak in New York State on the 23rd local time.  Cuomo said the number of COVID-19 hospital admissions in New York state has dropped, but still 438 new COVID-19 deaths were reported on the 22nd.  Cuomo emphasized that the novel Coronavirus and flu epidemic will likely see a second wave of outbreaks this fall, and with the coming of the new flu season, the strain of testing and treatment from the novel Coronavirus and flu will once again have a major impact on the U.S. healthcare system.

Regarding the next key measures for the prevention and control of the New York State epidemic, Cuomo said that in the future, New York State will increase the scope of testing for African-American and Latino-American communities, and conduct investigations into nursing homes with severe outbreaks, and strictly inspect New York Whether nursing homes in the state have implemented strict prevention and control measures, nursing homes that fail to comply with the strict prevention and control rules will be fined or disqualified for business.

In addition, Cuomo also made a grim announcement. The current number of about 15,500 COVID-19 deaths in New York State mainly comes from the statistics of hospitalized patients and nursing homes, and does not include COVID-19 patients who died at home, so the actual number of COVID-19 deaths in the state could be even higher.