The elective surgery ban will be effective Dec. 4.
“Erie County has the most critical hospital situation in the state,” Mr. Cuomo said in a news conference Nov. 30.
Buffalo-based Catholic Health, which has hospitals in Erie County, already voluntarily stopped elective procedures in November.
Mr. Cuomo is now mandating the ban for all hospitals in the county.
Mr. Cuomo added that if bed capacity constraints get worse in other New York counties, he will also mandate an elective surgery ban.
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