New York Government Advisors Andrew Cuomo
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The report focused only on residents who died in long-term care facilities, and not those who died in hospitals after becoming ill in nursing homes. The sources told the newspaper the report said 6,432 nursing home residents had died, which was an understatement of the death toll.
The report comes as a result of a study by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) following the impact of a March directive stating that nursing homes cannot refuse to readmit or resettle new residents from hospitals. to take, a diagnosis COVID-19.
According to the newspaper, the report shifts the blame for the spread of the virus to staff who took the virus with them to work.
The Journal reported that the initial version contained data on the deaths of nursing home residents within homes, as well as deaths that occurred in hospitals. However, members of Cuomo’s task force COVID-19, which included Governor Melissa DeRosa’s secretary, called for the report to downplay the role of the March directive, which was rejected.
According to the Journal, the published report said the directive “is not a major factor in deaths in nursing homes.”
Garvey told the Journal that members of the task force did not request the amendment of the report, but that they ‘were very careful not to overdo the statistical analysis presented in the report. Overall, DOH and the Covid task force were the ultimate goal to ensure the public’s confidence in the conclusion to issue the report. ”
The Journal’s report comes as Cuomo faces increasing calls for his resignation amid the handling of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, as well as allegations of inappropriate behavior by staff members.
State legislators reached an agreement Tuesday to strip Cuomo of its pandemic-related emergency services amid the controversy.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) released a report in January finding that Cuomo’s government had reported the deaths of nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, and found the March directive guilty.
According to the Journal, the July report is of interest in a federal investigation into the handling of the Cuomo administration of COVID-19 in nursing homes.