Cuomo Doubles Down, Claims New York Always Fully Reported Nursing Home Deaths Andrew Kerr
Investigative Reporter
February 15, 2021 4:53 PM ET
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that his state has always “fully reported†COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes following a report that his administration withheld the true figures out of fear from federal prosecutors.
While it’s true that New York did report the number of individuals who died while physically present at a nursing home between May 2020 and January 2021, the figures did not include residents who died after being transported to a hospital. Other states with large outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes did not make such omissions from their reporting.
“To be clear, all the deaths in the nursing homes and in the hospitals were always fully, publicly and accurately reported,†Cuomo said. “The numbers were the numbers, always.â€
The Cuomo administration revealed in January it had undercounted nursing home COVID-19 deaths by nearly 50%. At least 12,743 nursing home residents had died from the virus as of Jan. 19, which included some 4,238 deaths that weren’t included in the New York State Department of Health’s (NYSDOH) official tally because they died at hospitals.
New York’s nursing home fatalities from COVID-19 stand at 13,382 as of Feb. 4, the latest date data is available.
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