New York Governor Cuomo Warns<br />of Overwhelmed Hospitals.<br />New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke on Monday about<br />the rising number of new COVID-19 cases in New York. .<br />According to Cuomo, COVID-19<br />hospitalizations in New York are nearly<br />quadruple what they were in June. .<br />He cited small gatherings acting as<br />“spreader” events, saying they accounted<br />for 65 percent of new cases.<br />Cuomo went on to say the state’s hospital<br />system is close to being overwhelmed by this<br />“new phase in the war against COVID.”.<br />In preparation for the continued surge,<br />Cuomo said every hospital in the state must start<br />compiling a list of retired doctors and nurses. .<br />He also said that larger hospital<br />systems must begin “[distributing]<br />patients across [their] system.”.<br />Just like at the beginning of the pandemic,<br />plans for regional “field hospitals”<br />are also being drawn up.<br />Cuomo went on to hint at an even worse<br />crisis than in the Spring. As the virus spreads across<br />the state, resources are becoming less flexible.<br />So we will have a limited ability to bring<br />resources from upstate to downstate as we did<br />in the spring … because literally every region<br />is dealing with a hospital issue now, Andrew Cuomo, via 'New York Post'
