Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York State on Friday gave update that a substantial portion of persons hospitalized for COVID are admitted where COVID is not the reason for admission

by Paul Alexander

Somehow CNN misses this; see last row of table in power-point I put together: more than 40% are not admitted due to COVID or linked complications...see url of State's full data

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-combating-covid-19-131