21 April 2023: New York COVID Death Toll 21% Higher During 2020 Than Cuomo Reported

Beyond Cuomo’s deceptions: New York’s true COVID death toll

This New York Post editorial summarizes the New York State Department of Health's recent finding for the true count of COVID deaths in the state during 2020:

New state Health Department figures on COVID deaths show that then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership was even deadlier than New Yorkers knew.

The new stats put the pandemic’s first-year toll at 36,337 — up 21% from what the state had admitted.

The Cuomoites only counted deaths in hospitals, care homes and similar facilities, and that practice continued even after he was hounded from office — until now.

At last, the numbers include death-certificate info to count deaths at home, as the federal Centers for Disease Control and the city Health Department did all along.

The editors continue to succinctly explain why Andrew M. Cuomo chose to cover up the full extent of those deaths by deviating from standard public health monitoring methods:

Why hide the truth? Because it undercut Cuomo’s image as the heroic man-in-charge, a narrative that helped him score a $5.1 million advance for his book “American Crisis” (largely written by staff “volunteering” their time as COVID still raged).

In the wake of his orders forcing care homes to admit contagious patients, Cuomo & Co. also undercounted deaths in those homes, eventually pleading to state legislators that they feared a federal probe by the Trump Justice Department.

None of these issues have been adequately investigated by New York state offiicals or legislators.