'This Is A War': With One-Third Of US Covid-19 Cases, Cuomo Says 100K May Need Hospital Care
With New York now having about one-third of cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the battle against the disease "a war" and said more than 100,000 residents in the state may require hospitalization.
"New York's number is high, No. 1, because of our population, our density, etc.," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an interview Thursday morning, March 19 on MSNBC. "Also, we are testing at a very high rate. We did about 8,000 tests just overnight, and in this situation, the more you test the more positives you are going to find."
As of Thursday mor…
Covid-19: Outbreak Could Peak In 45 Days, Cuomo Predicts
The novel coronavirus outbreak is going to get worse before it gets better, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is cautioning.
Globally, there have been 197,225 confirmed COVID-19 cases of coronavirus, including 5,921 in the United States that resulted in 100 deaths. (See first image above.)
In New York, despite efforts to curtail the spread of the virus, the number of positive tests spiked overnight to approximately 1,700.
Citing health experts, Cuomo said that the virus is going to continue to be a plague on the country, with the number of cases potentially not peaking for approximately 45 days. …
