Cuomo comes clean: NY admits COVID nursing home deaths are 43% percent HIGHER than previously thought at nearly 13,000 - as Republicans demand ALL the information and accuse the governor of outrageous cover up
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo s administration has admitted that the number of deaths in the state s nursing homes is 43% higher than previously announced
State health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker released figures Thursday that put the death tally at both nursing homes and hospitals at 12,743 as of January 19 - where previously the official count had been 8,914
The higher number resulted from adding in residents who caught COVID in nursing homes and then went to hospitals where they later died