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New York admits purposely undercounting nursing home deaths after changing reporting rules

By Andrew Mark Miller
Published May 16, 2020 3:43pm ET
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New York admits purposely undercounting nursing home deaths after changing reporting rules
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized. | (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

The state of New York omitted coronavirus deaths from nursing homes and adult care facilities after it was revealed that a significant amount of individuals were dying from the virus in those types of residences.

The New York Department of Health admitted that its most recent reporting does not fully account for the known coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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