N.Y. Hospitals ‘Redline’ While Virus Cases Hint at a Plateau
- Markets jump after Cuomo offers optimistic yet qualified view
- Hospital pace is unsustainable after thousands of beds added
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
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Financial markets and the White House latched on to new figures suggesting that New York’s coronavirus cases may have plateaued for now.
The estimate from state officials was heavily qualified, however. If daily patient admissions remain steady, the level of deaths and intensive-care demands will require hospitals in the metropolitan area to operate at what state officials called an unsustainable pace.