NEW YORK – New York COVID-19-related deaths jumped yet again by more than 700 in a day, while hospitals battling the outbreak reported encouraging news.
On the economic front, New York tried to improve its overwhelmed unemployment insurance website. New York developments in the coronavirus outbreak: ___ THE NUMBERS Coronavirus deaths in New York jumped by 777 in one day, as the number of people hospitalized stayed relatively flat.
The mix of encouraging and grim news from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday has become familiar this week as people hospitalized in previous weeks die.
More than 3,000 deaths have been recorded since Monday to bring the statewide count to 7,844. The number of hospitalizations increased by 290, compared to daily