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COVID-19: College Student From Westchester Creates Makeshift Ventilator Prototype COVID-19: College Student From Westchester Creates Makeshift Ventilator Prototype
Covid-19: College Student From Westchester Creates Makeshift Ventilator Prototype A Binghamton University student from the Hudson Valley is doing his best to help those ailing during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. New Rochelle native Jacob Goodman, a junior studying mechanical engineering, was challenged by a professor to build a working ventilator. According to reports, Goodman took a trip to Wal-Mart on Friday, March 27 to get the supplies he required and went to work in his dorm room. He explains how he went about it in this video. By the following Monday, he had a working prototype made using, among other things, a lunch box, inflatable water bottle, vin…
COVID-19: Worst May Not Be Until End Of April, Cuomo Says, As State Total Hits 83,712 Cases COVID-19: Worst May Not Be Until End Of April, Cuomo Says, As State Total Hits 83,712 Cases
Covid-19: Worst May Not Be Until End Of April, Cuomo Says, As State Total Hits 83,712 Cases The worst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in New York may not be until the end of April as the death toll continues to rise, Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned. There have now been 7,917 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York overnight, bringing the statewide total to 83,712. There were also 391 new deaths, as the total climbs to 1,941 since the outbreak began. Of the 83,712 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 12,226 people are currently hospitalized, including 3,022 patients in the ICU. Since the beginning of the outbreak, 6,142 people have been treated in New York hospitals and later releas…