Most patients with COVID in New York strictly enforced quarantine but became infected

Of the respondents, 66% were at home before being hospitalized. They strictly observed quarantine, but that did not help. This is evidenced by recent data provided by the Governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo. Shares Details MarketWatch.

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Poll Results

The vast majority of New Yorkers diagnosed with COVID-19 are not livelihood workers, do not use the subway, and are not in prisons or homeless shelters where the disease can spread easily.

Most of New Yorkers recently hospitalized are people who stayed at home and did not use public transportation. Some of them traveled about their business on foot or in their own cars.

Of the respondents, 66% were at home before being hospitalized.

This is evidenced by a survey among new patients with coronavirus. The survey covered a three-day period and was conducted in more than 100 hospitals throughout the state.

Preliminary data was announced on May 6 by State Governor Andrew Cuomo. He said that this only confirms the need for the New Yorkers themselves to redouble their efforts to protect themselves and loved ones. This means that you need to wear face masks, often wash your hands and maintain a distance from other people.

Unexpected numbers

The authorities assumed that most of the coronavirus patients are people forced to work during the pandemic. “We thought it might have been nurses, doctors, transportation workers, but they weren't,” Cuomo said. - About 83% of new patients are unemployed or retired and do not even leave home every day. This was unexpected".

Over the weekend, Cuomo announced that hospitals will begin collecting additional data on incoming patients with COVID-19, the number of which has decreased, but not as sharply as we would like. State medical institutions confirmed on May 5 information on 600 new patients with coronavirus. For comparison, at the peak of the epidemic in early April, the number of daily hospitalizations was more than 3000.

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Since the virus spread rapidly, it was necessary to find the answer to the question of who needs better protection. At risk, it was believed that there were people among a large number of other people: medical staff, prisoners, residents of nursing homes. But, as the results of the study showed, this is mainly not the case.

Who are they patients with COVID-19

Of the 1270 new patients surveyed, only 18% were from day care centers for the elderly, 4% from nursing homes, 2% from homeless people and less than 1% from places of detention. Two out of three people who were admitted to hospitals with the virus were those who stayed at home.

In addition, only 4% of newly infected people said they use public transport every day. “We thought maybe they use public transport and we took special precautions on public transport. But no, these people were literally at home, ”Cuomo said.

There are other interesting statistics about patients. So, most new infections occur in the suburbs, where there were initially more infected.

More than half of all new patients are New Yorkers, including 21% from Manhattan; 18% are from Long Island and 11% are from Westchester and Rockland counties.

It is known that 96% of those hospitalized in recent days have major health problems. Among diseases, there are often such as cancer, asthma and diabetes, which can complicate the course of the disease associated with coronavirus.

Three of the four patients recently admitted to hospitals are people aged 51 years or older.

Take care of yourself

The authorities have done everything in their power to protect the residents of the state, the governor said. "All closed. The government has done everything in its power. Now everything depends on you. Are you wearing a mask? Do you disinfect your hands? Are you trying to stay away from the elderly? " Cuomo said.

Now people have to take care of themselves not to get infected. “Ultimately, people need to be even more vigilant to protect themselves and others,” Cuomo said.

The number of cases and victims

As of May 5, the state has recorded 64 potential cases of childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19.

On Tuesday alone, 232 New Yorkers died as a result of the coronavirus. Although it is well below the April peak of 799 deaths in one day, the total number of deaths increased slightly in two consecutive days, from 226 on Sunday, May 3, to 230 on Monday, May 4. The total number of deaths in the state of New York is 19 645 people.