CDC data shows thousands more COVID-19 deaths in the state than New York’s own tracker. Author: MARINA VILLENEUVE (Associated Press) Published: 9:25 PM EDT July 13, 2021 Updated: 9:25 PM EDT July 13, 2021 ALBANY, N.Y. — The federal government's count of the COVID-19 death toll in New York has 11,000 more victims than the tally publicized by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which has stuck with a far more conservative approach to counting virus deaths. The discrepancy in death counts continued to widen this year, according to an Associated Press review, even as the Democrat has come under fire over allegations that his office purposely obscured the number of deaths of nursing home residents to protect his reputation.