Originally Posted by
AntiPeter
New York State published numbers as of 2 pm on Monday:
Total Cases:
Sat (53,393)
Sun (60,679)
Mon (66,497)
New Cases:
Sat ( 7,131)
Sun (7,286)
Mon (5,818)
Total Deaths:
Sat (883)
Sun (1,063)
Mon (1,218)
New Deaths:
Sat (277)
Sun (180)
Mon (155)
Approximately 2,000 ventilators in use. 14,000 more ventilators are still available.
I'm genuinely happy not all of the ventilators are in use, but as my wife just reminded me when I read this to her, ventilator usage does not reflect ER/medical-surgical/ICU bed capacity or usage in NYC hospitals. The Comfort just arrived and they are building a temporary hospital in Central Park. They aren't doing this simply to prepare; the ER's and ICU's in the five boroughs are already overwhelmed. I'm all for being positive but let's not p**syfoot about what is happening there right now.