No surprise in this…
New York’s northern regions do not numbers anywhere near the downstate and New York City do….
The New York metro area numbers have been steadily dropping….
All of the countries governors ARE under increasing pressure to reopen their state’s economies…
But will seek to do so in stages…
Cuomo has already started loosening the states restrictions on some things…
Cuomo has begun traveling …
He is also going to Washington to talk to Trump today…
(It IS no coincidence that he has made the regional opening’s known before his Trump meeting)
New York will reopen at a different rate in different regions of the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Tuesday morning.
“We’re going to make reopening decisions on a regional basis based on that region’s facts and circumstances,” he said during his daily briefing. The briefing was held in Buffalo, his first time venturing west of Schenectady since the pandemic began.
“Just like some states will reopen before other states because they have a different circumstance when it comes to Covid and their status with Covid, it’s also true across the state,” Cuomo said. “[The] North Country has a totally different situation than New York City. Central New York has a different situation. We operate as one state but we also have to understand variations, and you do want to get this economy open as soon as possible.”…
Note…
Cuomo is allowing some hospitals around the state to go back to doing elective treatment procedures…But not ones in Westchester, Rockland, Erie, Albany and Dutchess Counties, as well as in New York City…
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New York’s daily death rate numbers are down significantly from a month ago….
They have dropped below 500 from over 1,000 last month…(about 481 today…800 a week Aga)