New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally

New York now reports nearly 55,400 people have died of COVID-19 in New York based on death certificate data submitted to the CDC, up from about 43,400 that Gov. Cuomo had reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office. [...] The count used by Cuomo in his news media briefings only included laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 deaths reported through a state system that collects data from hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities. That meant the tally excluded people who died at home, hospice, in state prisons or at state-run homes for people living with disabilities. It also excluded people who likely died of COVID-19 but never got a positive test to confirm the diagnosis.

I'm not going to lie; my lizard brain is hoping that some justice comes of this. That's a lot of death to cover up and we already have enough of an issue going on with public trust. Other than owning it, though, I'm not sure what can be done to repair the latter.