Well not sure what they are doing. They did report though with the 7K who have died in NYC, all but a few hundred victims had an underlying condition prior to entering the hospital. Unfortunately, I think that's a huge factor with this virus.
Our gov was talking about they monitor it by the double factor... How long it takes to double the number of cases and deaths in each state... We were around 2 - 3 days when it first started, but now are at 4 - 5 days to double the numbers...
Well, it's going to take longer to double thousands of cases/deaths when you are in middle of the crisis compared to doubling 3 or 4 cases like in the beginning...