Massive Spike in NYC Cardiac Arrest Deaths Seen as Sign of COVID-19 Undercounting
Hundreds of people are now dying at home in New York City daily
Published April 10, 2020 Updated 5 hours ago
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Across Long Island, volunteer emergency responders are answering your calls amid the coronavirus pandemic. Greg Cergol reports.
The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in “cardiac arrest” home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not.
Between March 20 and April 5, the department recorded nearly 2,200 such deaths, versus 450 in the same period last year, according to data it provided on Friday.
The numbers are dramatically higher across the board — the numbers of calls, the number of deaths and particularly the percentage of such calls that end in death.
In just the first five days of April, more than 70 percent of cardiac arrest calls ended in a pronunciation of death every day. Some days, the numbers were up tenfold versus a year earlier — and everyone acknowledges there’s only one likely cause.
Its just horrendous. The numbers speak for themselves. This used to be a very, very rare thing in New York City and suddenly its jumped up. The only thing thats changed is COVID- 19, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters earlier this week. The city is moving to count more people in its official total, even if they were not tested for the virus.
AK
Total Cases
246 Cumulative (includes recovered cases)
Recovered Cases 55
Total Hospitalizations 28 Cumulative (does not reflect current stays)
Deaths 7
https://coronavirus-response-alaska-dhss.hub.arcgis.com/
WY
At this time there are 253 laboratory-confirmed cases and 87 probable cases in Wyoming.
4/10/20 (Updates made daily at about 3 p.m.)
Tests completed at Wyoming Public Health Laboratory: 2,800
Test completed at CDC lab: 1
Tests reported by commercial labs: 2,455
https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/infectious-disease-epidemiology-unit/disease/novel-coronavirus/
KY
Current as of April 10, 2020 at 5 p.m. Eastern time
Kentucky Coronavirus Monitoring
Number Tested: 24,288
Positive: 1,693
Deaths: 90
https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19
DE
Positive Cases 1,326
*Negative Cases 10,415
Last Update: 4/10/2020, 5:00 PM
Total Deaths 23
Total Recovered 177
Hospitalizations 181
https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/
Yeah, when your heart stops, it is a cardiac arrest. Now, the reason for your heart stopping is a whole ‘nuther story.
“Between March 20 and April 5, the department recorded nearly 2,200 such deaths, versus 450 in the same period last year, according to data it provided on Friday.”
So add another 1750 deaths to NYC’s CCP-19 toll.
And who knows who else is dying from “just the flu” triggered crap.
Thanks, de Blasio.
“The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in cardiac arrest home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not.”
FluBro Response: “They’re only dying because they THINK they have Coronavirus”.