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
posted by Hannity Staff - 9.16.20
Nearly 7,000 residents in North Carolina were told via text message last week that they tested positive for the Coronavirus despite not actually having contracted the disease.
“More than 6,700 individuals in Mecklenburg County in North Carolina were told in a text message sent from Mecklenburg County Health Department on Friday that they tested positive for COVID-19 and over 500 people were told through a county email that they were also infected with the novel coronavirus. But the results were incorrect due to a technical error by Health Space, the company they use for contact tracing, according to a statement on the county’s website,” reports Fox News.
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New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker released a statement in response to State Attorney General Letitia James report, saying the state has undercounted the number of COVID-19 nursi.
"The New York State Office of the Attorney General report is clear that there was no undercount of the total death toll from this once-in-a-century pandemic."