NY’s weekly deaths from Covid-19 continue steady decline
Photo by Tom Rivers: The American flag is lowered at The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center in Center, where 26 residents have died from Covid-19. The total confirmed deaths in the state is now at 23,854 due to Covid-19, including 36 in Orleans County.
The weekly number of deaths in New York State from Covid-19 continued to decline last week. There were 505 deaths from Covid-19 in the state last week, which was down 31 percent from the 730 the previous week.
There were 56 confirmed deaths on Saturday from Covid-19 in the state. That is a significant drop from the high of 799 on April 8.
“Fifty-six, in this absurd reality that we live in it’s very good news,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a noon news conference today. “This reduction in the number of deaths is tremendous progress from where we were.”
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 moved to Phase 2 Friday afternoon.
The 505 deaths last week is an average of about 72 aday. That is down from an average of 104 daily the previous week, and less than half of the 158 daily average two weeks earlier.
Week of May 24-30: (505 deaths)
• May 24; 96; May 25, 73; May 26, 74; May 27, 74; May 28, 67; May 29, 67; May 30, 56.
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)
• April 12 (Easter), 671; April 13, 778; April 14, 752; April 15, 606; April 16, 630; April 17, 540; April 18, 507.
Week of April 5-11: (5,226 deaths)
• April 5, 599; April 6, 731; April 7, 779; April 8, 799; April 9, 777; April 10, 783; April 11, 758.
