New York State has 421 cases of Coronavirus up from 325. The highest number in the country

[Dennis Donovan]

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Tom Winter ✔@Tom_Winter

NEW: New York State has 421 cases of Coronavirus up from 325. The highest number in the country, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces.

154 cases in New York City up from 95.

Tom Winter ✔@Tom_Winter

MORE: 18 people are in the ICU Cuomo says. There are 3,200 ICU beds in the State.

50 People total are hospitalized.

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1:46 PM - Mar 13, 2020

We're number one...

[RockRaven]

1. Because they are testing, because they were quick to rely on themselves for testing.

Other places would have rapidly rising case numbers too if they were testing as widely. Expect numbers in CA to shoot up now that Stanford, the UC medical centers, etc are doing in-house tests.

The spread, and the economic costs of the spread, are deeply rooted in Trump's maladministration of testing from the very beginning.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Yep, it's actually a good sign in the sense that they're testing

[malaise]

3. None in Broome county up to now

PHEW!

[Dennis Donovan]

7. Earlier, there was word that NYS's testing kits were being fast-tracked by the FDA?

I'll see if I can find the article, but good news in the sense that they'll finally know how bad this is if they can test people like in South Korea.

[bullwinkle428]

4. But the coming travel restrictions will still only apply to CA and WA. This is

totally due to a lot of his cronies still living in the NYC area.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Alabama just reported its first case. So there are now only 3 "safe space states" that

remain - Idaho, Montana, and West Virginia.

[Leghorn21]

6. ...and an hour later:

BREAKING: Governor Cuomo of New York reports 96 new cases in the state, 59 of them in NYC; total confirmed cases reaches 491 statewide

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Sorry, Dennis, be well/stay safe

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Eep...

I should be good. Because I read DU, I knew about all of this weeks before it was to happen, so I'd been planning in case I had to stay home for a few weeks. I'm on Day 2 of a 14 day self-isolation, my humble attempt to help "flatten the curve" so I don't become a burden on the local ER or ICU.

"We do our part."



*NRA - "No running around."