New York State, which became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the second quarter of this year, has surpassed one million infections after adding another 15,000 cases this Friday.
New York authorities announced on Saturday that a total of 1,005,785 covid-19 infections have been reported since the start of the pandemic following a significant increase in the area in recent weeks.
New coronavirus cases have further accelerated in the last 3 days, When more than 15,000 infections have been recorded each day, while the average positive for the last seven days has risen from 5.5% on December 24 to 7.2% on December 31.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has pointed out that the population needs to continue to comply with the measures so that the percentage does not increase further.
“We have a vaccine, and that’s good news, but it will be several months before it reaches critical mass, which makes it more important than ever to let coronavirus fatigue affect us,” Cuomo said. Saturday in a statement.
“The state has been working every hour of the day with the medical community not only to ensure that vaccines are distributed as soon as possible and in the most effective way, but also to continue to increase the number of beds so that hospitals are not seen. overcome, “he added.
A total of 30,337 New York State residents have died from coronavirus, according to the region’s Department of Health, while another 7,000 are suspected to have died from the disease in New York City, although these are not confirmed cases.
New York has thus become the fourth country in the country to cross the one million infection barrier after California (2.3 million), Texas (1.8 million) and Florida (1.3 million).
The United States has more than 20 million confirmed cases and is approaching 350,000 deaths from covid-19, according to the independent Johns Hopkins University count.