Manhasset, N.Y. — A new survey of 113 hospitals in New York found that the vast majority of new patients admitted due to coronavirus were coming from their own homes.
The survey took place over three days and resulted in survey responses on 1,269 patients. It found 66% of new admissions were people who had been at home before getting sick enough to be hospitalized.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the result "shocking." He said it's difficult to target such a wide universe of people with new tactics to control the virus.
"This is a surprise," he said during a press briefing in Manhasset on Long Island. "Overwhelmingly, these people were at home."
There had been speculation that perhaps large numbers of new cases were developing among essential workers or that people were catching the virus on subways and buses, Cuomo said.
But the hospital survey found just 4% of new patients regularly took public transportation. And 83% of the new cases came among people either retired or unemployed, not essential workers.
A total of 18% of new virus patients came from nursing homes.
A slide from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press conference shows where new coronavirus patients in New York hospitals are coming from.Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office
The survey also found 73% of the new patients were age 51 or older. And 86% remain in either New York City, Long Island or Rockland and Westchester counties.
A total of 96% of the newly hospitalized had a health condition that made them more susceptible to a serious case of the virus.
A slide from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press conference summarizes findings from a new hospital survey.Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office
Cuomo said last week the state planned to gather more information from hospitals in an attempt to better understand the continuing stream of new cases. While the three-day average of new hospitalizations due to the virus has been declining for several weeks now, the drop has been slow.
Cuomo has said the number remains too high.
The average was 601 on Tuesday. At its peak in April, the figure was over 2,000 for multiple days, including two days over 3,000.
The trends in the survey all reinforce the need for New Yorkers to take responsibility for themselves, Cuomo said. We should all be wearing masks, using hand sanitizer and keeping our distance from people who are especially vulnerable to the virus, including older individuals and those with underlying health conditions.
"Much of this comes down to what you do to protect yourself," Cuomo said. "Everything is closed down. Government has done everything it could. Society has done everything it could. Now it's up to you.
“It’s really about personal behavior.”
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