'Sadly, the likeliest explanation for the high death rate is the chronically inadequate health care given to minorities and the poor throughout New York City, as in the rest of the country,' writes Kent Sepkowitz for CNNOpinion.
Kent Sepkowitz is a CNN medical analyst and a physician and infection control expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.The state's total of 181,026 cases, as of April 11, is higher than Spain's and Italy's , countries with populations many times larger than New York.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
NYC comptroller: Trump has my mom's blood on his hands 03:26The disease is killing New Yorkers disproportionately. Of the 20,389 deaths in the United States, 8,627, or 42%, have occurred in New York. Its mortality rate is 4.7%, compared with 3.4% in the rest of the country, according to CNN's figures based on data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
New York Governor Cuomo says state is flattening the curve, 783 new COVID-19 deathsThe governor said that hospitalizations have appeared to hit an apex at about 18,600.
Leer más »
Burials On New York Island Are Not New, But Are Increasing During PandemicNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that burials on Hart Island have increased — but said only the bodies of the unclaimed are buried there, as has been the case for over 150 years. 'That's the only thing that's been happening at Hart Island.'
Leer más »
New York, New Jersey among multiple states to exempt churches from stay-at-home ordersThe states with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.—New York, New Jersey and Michigan—are among those including exemptions for religious services in their stay-at-home orders.
Leer más »
About half of all US coronavirus deaths are in New York and New Jersey, CDC saysThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that about half of all US deaths have been reported in two states: New York and New Jersey.
Leer más »
Coronavirus updates: New York sees fewer ICU admissions for 1st timePres. Trump participates in an Easter Blessing, wishing the public a happy holiday, and thanking 'everybody in our country and beyond' amid COVID-19.
Leer más »