Cuomo on elective medical procedures

Gov.

Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state will allow elective outpatient treatment in counties at low risk of a coronavirus surge.

News in governor cuomo's daily coronavirus briefing.

For the second day in a row, new york's death toll from the virus went below 500 people.

The governor also touched on resuming elective, outpatient medical procedures and reopening new york regionally.

10:37 "in those parts of the state and in those hospitals where the hospitals are laying off people because they're so quiet and they have that capacity and capacity for the virus is not an issue we're going to allow elecstive outpatient treatment which means the number of beds remain available because the number of people using those beds is still relatively minimal and we're going to allow it in those hospitals and counties in the state that do not have a covid issue or we couldn't need their beds in case of a surge": the governor also said we all need to stay vigilant and be prepared to 'surge and flex' for potential local and regional flareups.

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