
New York health department under Cuomo administration undercounted nursing home deaths by about 4,100, audit shows
CNN
The New York health department undercounted the number of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes by thousands during former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's time in office, an audit conducted by state officials found.
The audit, released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, shows nursing home deaths were undercounted by 4,071 during a 10-month period of the pandemic, from April 2020 to February 2021. The audit shows a total of 13,147 deaths happened during that time frame, but only 9,076 were reported.
The audit also found the health department failed to report more than 50% of the nursing home deaths from April 15 through May 2, 2020.

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