NY sees record high Covid-19 test results

New York, Nov 27 : New York reported a record high 217,721 Covid-19 test results, as the state governments winter plan against the pandemic was underway, according to an official statement.

"We know whats going on with the numbers because weve seen the movie in New York, weve seen the movie across the country.

The positivity goes up, more people get sick, more people go into the hospital, more people go into the ICU, more people get intubated, and the death number goes up.Relative to the rest of the country, New York state is still doing phenomenally well and thats thanks to the good actions of New Yorkers," Xinhua news agency quoted Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying in the statement released on Thursday.Experts have recommended the same thing to New York which starts to develop what they call a winter plan, said Cuomo.

"In the winter plan, were going to stay with the micro-cluster approach because that targets the spread, minimizes economic impact and stresses individual and community accountability."So thats working very well, and all the experts think that is state-of-the-art," he added.

The winter plan will include three elements: first, adding more factors to the micro-clusters; second, the schools and the testing of the schools to keep them open at a rate thats sustainable; third, a vaccine distribution plan, according to the statement."Happy Thanksgiving.Celebrate, please just do it safely.Lets not create more of an issue.

Again, people have to appreciate the dichotomy here.The spread is going to be from pre-symptomatic people who dont even know they have the viru.

"Its not that theyre going to be malicious.Its going to be accidental and involuntary.

So what appears safe is no longer safe in this crazy world," he added.Also on Thursday, Cuomo tweeted that the Covid-19 test positivity rate in the focus areas under the states micro-cluster strategy, where the outbreaks are targeted for their severity and potential of spread, was 4.9 per cent on Wednesday, down from 5.28 per cent a day earlier.Tuesday marked the first time that the key coronavirus rate had surpassed 5 per cent since mid-October, according to the statistics released by the state government.Meanwhile, the statewide positivity rate excluding these focus areas was 2.68 per cent, down from 3.04 per cent on Tuesday.The overall statewide positivity rate with all the focus areas was 3.18 per cent on Wednesday, down from 3.62 per cent one day earlier, said Cuomo.Total hospitalizations were at 3,056 on Wednesday, up from 2,982 on Tuesday, said the Governor, who has predicted that the states Covid-19 hospitalizations could reach 6,000 in three weeks based on the current trends.