NY weekly deaths from Covid-19 continue to fall

Photo by Tom Rivers: The American flag is lowered at Brunner International Inc. in Medina out if respect for victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. The total confirmed deaths in the state is now at 23,349 due to Covid-19.

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 May 2020 at 1:15 pm

The weekly number of deaths in New York State from Covid-19 continued to decline last week, dropping from 1,107 deaths the week of May 10-16 to 730 this past week. That represents a 34 percent decrease.

The weekly number of deaths have continued to decline since a peak of 5,226 deaths the week of April 5-11.

The state has begun to reopen the economy in most regions of the state. Orleans County is in the Finger Lakes Region and phase 2 should reopen on Friday, as long as hospitalizations and infections don’t spike.

The state on Friday reopened beaches to 50 percent capacity (determined by parking spaces at the parks) and on Monday will reopen campgrounds and RV parks.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo also announced today that veterinarians can reopen statewide on Tuesday and NY professional sports leagues can begin spring training.

The 730 deaths last week is an average of 104 a day. That compares to the daily average of 158 the previous week.

Week of May 17-23: (730 deaths)

• May 17, 106; May 18, 105; May 19, 112; May 20; 105; May 21, 109; May 22, 84; and May 23, 109.

Week of May 10-16: (1,107 deaths)

• May 10, 161; May 11, 195; May 12, 166; May 13; 157; May 14, 132; May 15, 157; and May 16, 139.

Week of May 3-9: (1,568 deaths)

• May 3, 226; May 4, 230; May 5, 232; May 6, 231: May 7, 216; May 8, 226; May 9, 207.

Week of April 26-May 2: (2,176 deaths)

• April 26, 337; April 27, 335; April 28, 330; April 29, 306; April 30, 289; May 1, 299; May 2, 280.

Week of April 19-25: (3,097 deaths)

• April 19, 478; April 20, 481; April 21, 474; April 22, 438; April 23, 422; April 24, 437; April 25, 367.

Week of April 12-18: (4,484 deaths)