On his coronavirus update, which started just a few minutes ago. These are relatively straightforward components. If you can do it, it is a business opportunity, it is a state need, it is a national need. Please contact us. We will work with you, we will work with you quickly. There will be no bureaucracy, no red tape, and we will finance we are not asking for a favor from these businesses we will finance what you need in terms of transitioning, and we will pay ae product and i will premium, because we needed. For thethe number Empire State Development corporation, which is handling this task. , weerms of ventilators lastsed 400 ventilators night to the new York City Health and hospital corporation. We released 200 to long island and westchester. As i said, you see those growing numbers in nassau and suffolk, and that is starting to stress that health care system. So we released those ventilators last night. At the current burn rate, we ofe about six days ventilators in our stockpile,
Coronavirus. Contact your local Health Care Provider we intice a page in the new york area that your local Health Care Provider will make the decision whether you are transferred to the Javits Center and in all cases simply look to the guidance of your local governors about how best to receive the care that every american every american is entitle to have. Beyond that let me say that we have been working through famous acquisition process not only to deploy but to to gather up personal protective equipment and in just a few moments you will hear from admiral john polow of check about the extraordinary progress that we have made in deploying not just the Strategic National stockpile but also in identifying on the commercial marketplace around america and around the world literally millions of n 95. 00 mass surgical gowns gloves protective equipment and at this point weve distributed as some 7600 ventilators and youll hear today specifically about the states that have received those vent
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held his daily Coronavirus Briefing from albany tuesday. He updated the total number of cases and tests performed, and the coordination of resources. He also talked about his brother, cnn anchor, chris cuomo, testing positive for the virus. This is just over an hour. Of people tested overnight, 18,000 people, more than any state in the country, and we are proud of that. The total number of people population of0, 19 million will not give you a random sample. It has been helping us track down positive cases. Cases,ber of positive 9208. Total cases, 75,000. You see the predominance in new york city and westchester, then thenu, then suffered suffolk. It spreads out from density. The march of coronavirus across the state continues. Numbers, 75,000 tested positive, 10,000 in our patients. 2700 icu the good news, 4900, almost 5000 people discharged is up 771. People come in, get treated and go home. New york is at 75,000 cases. Is 16,000. Te california is at 700
Department of military naval affairs. Dr. Howard zucker, commissioner of health. The president and ceo of the Greater New York hospital association. To my left, michael dowling. Larry schwartz, former secretary to the governor who has been volunteering to help us here. Michael israel president and ceo , of westchester medical center, and dan cresswell, commissioner new york city Emergency Management department. Them all very much for being here. We had a great meeting. I will refer to it in a moment. Let me wish everyone happy National Doctors day. This is a day that doctors are truly busy and truly stepping up to their oath and passion and literally saving lives. We honor all of the doctors in the state of new york today. Let me also think the people let me also thank the people from the Javits Center. The Javits Center has done many magnificent exhibitions and transformations and they never cease to amaze me. This is a transformation i dont think anyone could ever anticipate. 2500 be
Governor cuomo good morning. Good to see all of you. Smiling faces. Mostly smiling faces. Ill just give you an update as to where we are today. The number of cases continues to increase. Were up to 7,917. The number of people tested, again, is the highest rate in the country. And per capita higher than china, per capita higher than south korea. We tested 18,000 people, total tested 238,000, which is a lot of people but remember new york, youre talking on a base of 19 million. Number of positive cases up to 8,669, 92,000 total in the state. Predominantly in new york city, but you see westchester nd nassau, which, by percentage, is a troubling number. Remember new york city, so much larger than westchester or nassau or suffolk. So those numbers are concerning and were watching those. You look to see in nassau county, 1,000 new cases, suffolk county, 1,141 new cases, that is roubling news. Number of counties, you see the entire state. Every county in the state now has reported a coronavir