14 July 2021: Cuomo Responds to Question About 11,000 Hidden COVID Deaths

Cuomo Asked About Report that US Figures Show 11,000 More Covid Deaths Than State Figures Show

Andrew M. Cuomo was asked about his administration's policy of not fully reporting the full extent of COVID deaths in New York's official statistics for the coronavirus pandemic's impact. As you'll see in the response, he acknowledges providing the data to the CDC, but doesn't explain why his administration omits including them in its official count.

The questions keep coming about the Cuomo Administration’s reporting of deaths from Covid.

At a church in Brooklyn where he appeared with Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams, Governor Cuomo was asked about a report that the federal government’s count of coronavirus deaths in New York is 11,000 more than the state’s figure.

“We have always reported lab-tested Covid results,” he said. “The CDC asks for additional information on, I forget their terminology, possible or presumed Covid deaths, which we report to them and then they report.”

The Cuomo administration's count includes only laboratory-confirmed Covid deaths at hospitals, nursing homes and adult-care facilities, not people who died at home, in hospice or in prison.

The omitted figures in the state's total COVID count are not the first time the Cuomo administration has employed similar definitional tactics to try to conceal the full extent of COVID deaths in New York. What's remarkable is that the Cuomo administration has continued its deceptive practices even after being forced to disclose its full count of COVID deaths among nursing home residents in February 2021. Cuomo and his administration had previously concealed those figures from both NY lawmakers and the public, with its attempted cover-up extending back to April 2020.