In New York, drowning cases have become more frequent: among the victims there are many children

8-year-old drowned in backyard pool over New York City holiday weekend, reports NBC New York.

Wallkill Police Department Deputy Chief Antonino Spano said police responded to a report of a drowned child in a house on Fair Oaks Road shortly before 20:00 pm July 3.

When the police arrived, the police found a child partially submerged in the backyard pool and an unconscious man on the grass by the pool.

The child and the man were taken to the Garnet Health medical center, where the child was pronounced dead. According to the latest police information, the man was hospitalized in critical condition.

This is just the latest in a series of similar tragic deaths on the water. Officials and social activists again warn about safety.

Last week, a drowning 2-year-old on Long Island was pulled from a backyard pool.

Yellow tape blocked off a residential area around Barbara Drive in Centereach when a toddler drowned in a home swimming pool. The boy, whose relatives own the house where the swimming pool is located, was not breathing. He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital. As of the morning of June 29, he was in critical condition.

Also, last week, two 13-year-olds Ryan Wong and Daniel Perso were with a group of friends on the shores of Jamaica Bay. They fell into the water and were carried away by the current. Wong survived, while his friend Perso did not.

Last month, another 2-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool in Rockland County during unseasonably warm temperatures in the tri-state area.

Drowning deaths are not limited to New York City.

There have been several cases of drowning in New Jersey over the past couple of weeks, both in swimming pools and in open water.

Two people drowned in a New Jersey lake on the evening of June 14th. Ambulance personnel were in the parking lot at Mine Hill Beach along Green Road. After 17:00 pm, a group of people informed them that two people had entered the water in the sand pits and had not returned.

The ambulance contacted other first responders in the area and immediately conducted a search. Unfortunately, they could not save the 17-year-old and 20-year-old teenagers. Their bodies were found hours later.

In another tragedy last week, two brothers drowned in a school indoor swimming pool in Bayonne. Their 11-year-old sister saw it happen. The school swimming pool is open at night for public use, a city official said. A lifeguard was on duty during the incident.

The diving pool was closed. And lifeguards watched only the main pool. Jack Jiang, 16, and Chu Ming Zheng, 19, drowned in this side diving pool. However, it is not clear how the couple ended up in this pool.

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Actress Mary T. Mara was found dead in the river on June 27. Police believe the 61-year-old actress drowned while swimming in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent on June 26.

These cases occurred due to the fact that the country is faced with a shortage of rescuers.

A shortage of national lifeguards has forced New York City to cancel a number of swimming programs ahead of the summer months. New York Parks tweeted that some outdoor pool programs are being canceled due to a lack of lifeguards.

“Due to the lack of national lifeguards, unfortunately we will not be running swimming programs this summer. These include lap swimming, senior swimming and learning to swim in our outdoor pools,” the tweet read in part.

As a result, Gov. Katie Hokul announced last week a pay increase for state rescuers.

The Governor has directed a 34% increase in starting wages for lifeguards at upstate facilities from $14,95 to $20 an hour. And 21% for downstate lifeguards from $18,15 to $22 an hour.