New York’s Daily Virus Death Toll Drops Slightly to 777

  • Cuomo says that deaths remain high though apparently leveling
  • But he said hospitalizations and ICU cases continue to fall

Medical workers move the body of a deceased patient to a refrigerated overflow morgue outside a medical center in Brooklyn, New York on April 3.

Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg
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The number of New York deaths from the coronavirus dropped slightly on Friday to 777, a figure that remains grimly high following three straight days of record fatalities, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.