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
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Up. We are all in search of the apex. And the other side of the mountain. But we are still headed up the mountain. Number of people tested last night was a near record amount. We tested over 18,000 people. We are testing more people than any state in the country. Im very proud of that. More per capita than china and south korea. Total number of people tested, 200,000. Population of 19 million. Its not going to give you a random sample, but its been helping us track down the positive cases. Number of positive cases, 9,298. Total cases, 75,000 cases. You see the predominance in new york city. Westchester, nassau, and suffolk. Then rockland. You can see that area of density. It spreads out from that area of density. The march of coronavirus across the state of new york continues. We are down to just two counties that dont have a case. The overall numbers, 75,000 have tested positive. 10,000 people in our hospitals. 2,7 i. C. U. Patients. Good news, 4900, almost 5,000 people discharged. Th
More thanunt, tested theother in the country, total number of people 200,000. Been helping us track down the positive cases. Number of positive cases, 9,298. Total cases, 75,000 cases. You see the predominance in new york city. Westchester, nassau, and suffolk. Then rockland. You can see that area of density. It spreads out from that area of density. The march of coronavirus across the state of new york continues. We are down to just two counties that dont have a case. The overall numbers, 75,000 have tested positive. 10,000 people in our hospitals. 2,7 i. C. U. Patients. Good news, 4900, almost 5,000 people discharged. Thats up 771. So people come in, they get treated, they go home. New york is at 75,000 cases. Next state is 16,000. California is at 7,000. You can see new york is a magnitude of difference more than any other state. 1,550 deaths. Thats up from 1,218 yesterday. Again we are studying the charts. We are trying to study the data, follow the data. The data is uneven. It bou