Andrew Cuomo is lying about New York's nursing home deaths

With more than 6,600 senior citizens dead, New York has had more coronavirus-related deaths in its nursing homes than any other state in the country. But that number might actually be much higher, according to an investigation by the Associated Press.

Unlike every other state, the New York State Department of Health required its officials to disclose only the COVID-19 deaths of patients who died while physically inside of nursing homes. This means the COVID-19 deaths of nursing home patients in hospitals and family homes were not counted, even if those patients contracted the virus within a nursing home. As a result, nursing homes are alleging that New York’s official death count is far below what it should be.