The number of New Yorkers hospitalized for coronavirus continues to rise, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday, as the government focused more on banning mass gatherings in COVID-19 hot spots. Cuomo said another 826 people had been hospitalized with the virus, the number since July. 15. State officials said 8 New Yorkers died Friday from coronavirus.
Still, the governor insisted that “the numbers remain news,” noting that public fitness officials tracked 18% of positive tests this week in a so-called “red zone” that houses 2. 8% of the state’s population.
Six coronavirus groups have given the impression in Brooklyn and Queens, as well as in Broome, Orange and Rockland counties. The state has closed non-essential schools and businesses in those limited spaces and meetings.
“It will take paintings from all of us now to make sure we’re not in our much-snug progress,” Cuomo said in a statement. “We all want to stay dressed in our masks, wash our hands, stay socially away and most importantly, remain resilient New York.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn said Saturday that church officials “have no choice” yet to comply with new restrictions that temporarily restrict the duration of meetings at COVID-19 hotspots. Restrictions restrict attendance to all places of worship to 25%. capacity, or a maximum of 10 people.
The diocese sued the state in federal court this week, saying Cuomo’s plan would force more than two dozen of its churches to be closed even though they “have been reopened for months in strict compliance with all medical and government rules without COVID-related incidents. “of any kind. “
U. S. District Judge Eric Komitee called the case a “difficult decision,” but sided with Cuomo and rejected the church’s request for a transitional restraining order. The government, which ruled Friday night, “has broad freedom to manage the spread of fatal diseases the precedent of the Supreme Court. “
“There is no explanation for why this new interference with our First Friendship right to celebrate Mass together,” DiMarzio said in reaction to the decision. “Therefore, we will continue to put pressure on the courts and our elected officials to put an end to it as soon as possible. “
The ruling followed a similar ruling Friday through a judge in the Eastern District of New York who refused to block Cuomo’s plan. The resolution follows an emergency hearing in a lawsuit filed by rabbis and synagogues who said the restrictions were unconstitutional and sought to delay implementation. until the end of holy Jewish days.