New NY governor acknowledges 12,000 additional COVID deaths Cuomo had not reported

New NY governor acknowledges 12,000 additional COVID deaths Cuomo had not reported

Posted: Aug 25, 2021 / 08:19 AM PDT / Updated: Aug 25, 2021 / 02:58 PM PDT

Delivering another blow to what’s left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy, New York’s new governor acknowledged on her first day in office that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public.
“The public deserves a clear, honest picture of what’s happening. And that’s whether it’s good or bad, they need to know the truth. And that’s how we restore confidence,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said on NPR.

In its first daily update on the outbreak Tuesday evening, Hochul’s office reported that nearly 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York based on death certificate data submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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