Nyc is not counting many who are dying at home as they were never tested.
The number of cardiac arrest deaths at homes in NYC has gone up 400%.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/massive-spike-in-nyc-cardiac-arrest-deaths-seen-as-sign-of-covid-19-undercounting/2368678/%3famp
First, let's all agree that DeBlasio is an idiot. Now that that's out of the way...
The only fact in that article is that FDNY is reporting a 400% increase in heart attack home deaths. Everything else is speculation. Allow me to posit my speculations on the subject.
A) FDNY response time is lagging due to the virus, causing patients who would normally be treated, transported, and become the hospitals problem, to now be DOA.
B) The stay-at-home order is causing an uptick in cardiac occurrences. Less exercise, change in diet, less access to people who would spot the cardiac issue early, added stress- all factors unaccounted for in these numbers.
C) The story is only half-baked. It's reporting FDNY numbers, with no follow up on autopsies. How many of those cases are being reclassified after a postmortem coronavirus test?
All that said, my conclusion is, and always has been, that the numbers are inaccurate. With tests spitting out so many false-negatives, there have to be thousands of deaths being mis-attributed to other causes. At this point the question is, just how off are our numbers? I don't think we'll ever know the answer.