Facing allegations that the state under-reported the number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that everything reported was accurate — albeit delayed.
“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.”
A report by the state attorney general last month found the death toll was much higher than officials had disclosed — perhaps as much as 50% higher. That’s in part because New York Department of Health figures didn’t include many people who died from COVID-19 in hospitals after being transferred from their nursing homes.
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