New York Gov. Cuomo reports lowest single-day death toll since March

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday reported that there were 367 COVID-19 deaths in his state on April 25, marking the smallest one-day tally since March.

Most of those deaths occurred in hospitals, but 18 people died in nursing homes, according to a graphic the governor displayed during his briefing.

New York has by far been the hardest hit state in the U.S., with significantly more coronavirus cases and fatalities than the next most severely impacted state of New Jersey.

So far, 16,966 people reportedly have died in the Empire State.

But several statistics appear to indicate that New York may be emerging from the worst of the coronavirus crisis.

"The overall hospitalization rate is down. The number of intubations is down," Gov. Cuomo said. "Even the number of new COVID cases is down, still not good, still 1,000 new COVID cases yesterday, to put it in focus. That would normally be terrible news. It's only not terrible news compared to where we were."

A graphic accompanying Cuomo's presentation showed that there were 1,087 new hospitalizations on April 25, down significantly from some of the previous numbers that reached beyond 2,000, and in some cases, 3,000 per day. The chart indicates that the numbers represent "Gross new COVID hospitalizations (3-day rolling average)."