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Hospital Resource Management

COVID-19: Hospitals Close To Capacity Statewide, New Shutdown Is Possible, Cuomo Says COVID-19: Hospitals Close To Capacity Statewide, New Shutdown Is Possible, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: Hospitals Close To Capacity Statewide, New Shutdown Is Possible, Cuomo Says Hospitals in New York could be at a crossroads as the number of COVID-19 patients continues to spike to levels not seen since the height of the pandemic in the spring. And now, the problem is statewide, and not just in the downstate region During a COVID-19 briefing in Manhattan on Monday, Nov. 30, Gov. Andrew Cuomo cautioned that changes in behavior among New Yorkers have led to a second wave of the virus that threatens to overwhelm hospital systems. Cuomo made note that the current COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are nearly quadruple what the state was reporting as recently as June. “B…