New York state on Saturday reported its lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths — 84 — in weeks, in what Governor Andrew Cuomo described as a critical benchmark. The daily death tally peaked at 799 on April 8.
Reducing the state’s daily death count to fewer than 100 seemed almost impossible several weeks ago, the governor said. That figure, considered a lagging indicator, has remained stubbornly high even amid other signs of encouragement.
Full Story (The Times of Israel)