New York reports fewer than 100 new virus deaths for the first time since March.
The number of daily coronavirus deaths in New York State dipped below 100 for the first time since late March, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced. The governor reported 84 new deaths of the virus on Saturday, the lowest daily death toll since March 24.
Mr. Cuomo called the number of new casualties “a tragedy,” but he said that he could not ignore that the downward trend was a positive sign.
“The fact that it is down as low as it is, is really overall good news,” Mr. Cuomo said during his daily briefing from the governor’s mansion in Albany. “In my head, I was always looking to get under 100. For me, it’s just a sign that we are making real progress.”
During the peak of the outbreak, when 800 people a day were dying from the coronavirus, a death toll below 100 felt like a faraway milestone, Mr. Cuomo said. “If you can get under 100, you can breathe a sigh of relief,” he said, recalling a conversation he had with a physician at the time. “Getting below 100 was almost impossible.”
The number of hospitalizations, intubations and overall new cases also continued to see a steady decline, Mr. Cuomo said, adding, “What we are doing is working.”
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