Total Hospitalizations

18,654 18,825 18,697

18,279 18,569 18,707 18,335
18,079 17,735
17,493 17,316
16,837 16,967
16,479 16,213
15,905 16,103
16,044
15,599
14,810 15,021
14,258
13,383 13,524
12,819
12,839 12,646
12,226 12,159
11,598
10,929 10,993
10,350
9,786
9,517 9,600
9,647
9,179
8,503

7,328
6,481

5,327

4,079
3,343
2,629
2,043
1,406
1,042
617
326 496
0

March 16 May 5
 Net Change in Total Hospitalizations

1,412 1,427
1,297
1,248
1,154 1,175 1,157
1,095
1,014

847
714 736
637 656
586 574 586

425
364 358
290
170 200
121
91 85 53 118

-20 -47
-59
-128 -110 -139
-173

-362 -349
-419 -445 -421
-487
-578 -561 -564
-600 -605
-643
-685
-754 -763 -734

March 16 May 5
 Net Change in Intubations
351

313 316
303
290 295 291

260

222
200
192

165

132
124 121
116 110
109
93 94 88
69 69

43
27

-7
-14 -16
-26 -21
-32
-40 -41
-48
-65
-73 -78
-92
-108 -102 -102 -108
-112 -115 -110
-118 -124 -124
-127
-139

March 17 May 5
 New COVID Hospitalizations Per Day
Gross new COVID hospitalizations (3-day rolling average)
3,181 3,169
3,042
2,945
2,825
2,772
2,736 2,722 2,689
2,563
2,487
2,411 2,389

2,210
2,119 2,156
2,016 2,045
1,925
1,833
1,776
1,616
1,564
1,408 1,404
1,389 1,367
1,265 1,224
1,119
1,076
973 970 933 954
924
837 831
789
717
656 694 659
601
489

March 20 May 5
 Number of Lives Lost
April 30: 289
May 1: 299
May 2: 280
May 3: 226
May 4: 230
May 5: 232
(207 in Hospitals, 25 in Nursing Homes)
 Number of Deaths

(CDC now says it came from Europe)

(Some say it came in late 2019)

This is a time of unprecedented
anxiety and stress and people
want answers NOW!
understand the question.
The question is not
OPEN vs. REOPEN
The question is:
How do we
REOPEN?
 New York says:
The answer is by
 FACTS and DATA
vs.
EMOTION and POLITICS
 Calibrate by:
# of hospitalizations
Infection rate
# of deaths
% hospital capacity
% antibody tests
% diagnostic tests
% tracing data
SCIENCE / DATA / FACTS

WORK!
Source: New York Times
 We are reducing the
hospitalization rate, number of
deaths, and number of new cases.
Next level
of analysis
 ?
Where are the new cases
? in New York coming from? ?
?
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?

We asked hospitals to provide

information about who was coming
into hospitals as a way to
better target our efforts.

Preliminary results: 113 hospitals, 1,269

survey responses, completed over 3 days
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?

People are being hospitalized from largely downstate region

Breakdown of Total Respondents – Residency of
Patients
Bronx 9%
Kings 13%
New York 21%
Queens 13%
Richmond 1%
LI (Nassau/Suffolk) 18%
Rockland/Westchester 11%
All other 14%
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?

In New York City more people of color are being hospitalized

African Hispanic Native
American AI/AN Asian Or Latino Hawaiian White Other
NYC (5
boroughs) 25% 0% 8% 20% 1% 24% 22%
Non-NYC 16% 0% 2% 14% 1% 57% 10%
OVERALL 21% 0% 5% 17% 1% 38% 17%
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
GENDER COMORBIDITIES

4%
Female NO
48%
Male YES
52%
96%
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
SOURCE OF ADMISSION
Other 8%
Nursing Home 18%
Jail/Prison <1%
Homeless 2%
Home 66%
Congregate 2%
Assisted Living Facility 4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
25% AGE OF PATIENTS
20% 19%
20%

15%
14% 14%

10%
8% 8%
6% 6%
5%

1% 2%
0%

0 to 10 10 to 20 21 to 30 31 to 40 41 to 50 51 to 60 61 to 70 71 to 80 81 to 90 91+
AGE
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
Transportation Method in Daily Life
N/A,
Personal Public working
Car Service Walking
Automobile Transportation from home,
and other
OVERALL 2% 9% 4% 2% 84%
NYC
1% 3% 3% 2% 90%
(5 boroughs)
Note: 45% left blank in survey
Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
EMPLOYMENT
PERCENTAGE OF THOSE
WHO RESPONDED

Employed 17%
Retired 37%
Unemployed 46%
Initial findings:
• Not working
• Not traveling
• Predominantly downstate
• Predominantly minority
• Predominantly older
• Predominantly non-essential
employees
• Predominantly at home
Reaffirms our precautionary
measures for personal safety and
public health:
• Wear a mask
• Hand sanitizer
• Vulnerable stay home/protect
Another issue to
understand...
What is happening in
these
clusters?
Nationwide, we see
 We have a

in New York State.

 Dozens of cases have been tied
to an essential agriculture business
in New
 Not a
meat

greenhouse / farm.
vegetables,
 Like the New Rochelle hotspot

Super Spreaders in dense gatherings

And we must not lose
the opportunity to
Build Back Better.
 Reimagining New York

at times it takes a crisis to shock

NEW YORK FORWARD

REIMAGINE

REBUILD

REOPEN
This crisis presents a unique opportunity for us to
learn and better ourselves:
Better transportation
Social equity
Better public safety
Better housing
Better economy
Better education
Better healthcare
 We need to get the
best minds available.
 Hospitals must be
reorganized to operate as one system
in a public health emergency.
 Better Healthcare System
We implemented Surge/Flex to manage our healthcare
system during this crisis.
healthcare system:
• How can ensure tele-medicine is available to all?
• How do we better allocate healthcare resources
statewide?
• How do we harden the healthcare system against future
challenges?
• How do we better protect/support our healthcare workers?
 Learning lessons for public health.

Michael Dowling
leading the effort
for New York.
Another area to be
reimagined is
EDUCATION
 Better Education System

The State will work with the Gates Foundation

to convene experts and develop a blueprint to
reimagine education in the new normal.
 Reimagine

Create a
testing and tracing system
for now, and for the future.
Using new technologies in
our economy of tomorrow.
 Reimagining New York

Eric Schmidt,
former CEO and Executive
Chairman of Google,
founder Schmidt Futures,
has agreed to serve as
chair of this 15-member
blue-ribbon commission.
 Today is
NATIONAL NURSES DAY
When the pressure is on,
you see the best
and the worst in people.
Heroes rise to the occasion.
Frontline healthcare workers
are our heroes.
Thank you!
Thank You Nurses and Frontline Workers

JetBlue is donating a pair of round-trip flights to

100,000 medical personnel and nurses
to honor their efforts, beginning with
10,000 New York medical professionals.
NEW YORK TOUGH
SMART
DISCIPLINED
UNIFIED
LOVING
STRONG