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.
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal also reported in March 2021 that some of Cuomo's top aides allegedly rewrote a July nursing home report from state health officials to hide the higher Covid-19 death toll among the state's nursing home residents.Audit recommends better data collection and cooperationThe audit also criticized the DOH for not collectively analyzing on a routine basis the multiple data sources it has to respond more effectively to an infectious disease outbreak.
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