I’ve been looking at the NY data. They appear to report Current Hospitalizations but show Total hospitalizations number (the number increases but the new admission number each day). ICU data is also cumulative on most sites.
Cuomo noted this weekend that 74% of those hospitalized have been discharged.
If one takes today’s figure 17,493
subtract total discharges 14,950
the number doesn’t look too big 2,543
either the numbers are way off or . . .
“If one takes today’s figure 17,493
subtract total discharges 14,950
the number doesn’t look too big 2,543”
Looks like i transposed the discharge numbers
14590 rather than 14950
should look like
17,493 hospitalizations (cumulative)
14,590 discharged (cumulative)
2,903
so only 2,903 currently hospitalized in New York for COVID-19 ?????
According to NYT today
The number of virus patients in hospitals increased 4 percent since Monday, the fourth straight day that it had grown 7 percent or less after growing at least 20 percent a day for weeks.The number of patients on ventilators in intensive-care units increased, too, but at the smallest one-day rate in weeks, up 2 percent since Monday.
So, people in the hospital is still increasing, but seems to be reaching peak. Hopefully that number will start coming down soon, then deaths will trend down.
Seeing I once spent some time in this now distressed (fiscally, politically and now COVOD-19 state), the stats of New York current as of 04/07:
Of the 5,489 deaths in New York since the first one March 14:
61% were men, 39% were women
82% of the deaths were among those age *60* and older
No matter the age, COVID-19 is a serous illness for many people with underlying comorbidities
4,732 (86%) of those who died had at least one chronic disease, with the top three identified being:
Hypertension - 64%
Diabetes - 43%
Hyperlipidemia - 21%