Covid-19: Orange County Can Resume Elective Surgeries

After a halt for months of elective surgeries amid the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced several more counties are now eligible to resume performing surgeries.

Orange County can resume performing elective surgeries.
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Kathy Reakes

05/13/2020 3:22 p.m.

The announcement on Wednesday, May 13, included Orange County, due to a reduced risk of a significant COVID-19 hospital-bedroom surge in the near future, health officials said.

Ambulatory surgical centers in Orange County will also be able to resume elective surgeries.

"When this pandemic first began our hospital systems were overwhelmed and we stopped elective surgeries to increase our hospital capacity for COVID patients," Cuomo said.

Cuomo said the decision was made after "all the arrows are pointing in the right direction."

There have been 9,887 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 395 deaths in Orange County.

There are currently 101 people hospitalized with the virus in the county.

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