'Shocking' 2/3 of hospitalized COVID patients had stayed home
The results of a newly released medical survey indicate New York state's COVID-19 outbreak may defy orthodox virological expectations.
Detailing the findings in a daily news briefing Thursday, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained that, while the survey had largely served to confirm previous suspicions regarding transmission of the virus, one "shocking" development had in fact been revealed.
According to the data, roughly 66 percent of hospitalized coronavirus patients within the state were admitted from the safety of their own homes. (That statistic did not include the 16 percent of hospitalizations where patients were admitted from a nursing home.)...