US: New York City confirms more than 8,000 coronavirus cases

New York City's tally of coronavirus cases and deaths has reportedly continued to soar with authorities anuncing 8,115 coronavirus cases and 60 deaths. About 1,450 people have been hospitalized -- and at least 370 of those are in intensive care. Goverr Andrew Cuomo said re are w more than 10,000 positive cases of coronavirus in New York State. stats have me it worst-affected state in United States.

Coronavirus pandemic in New York

At a Saturday morning news conference, Cuomo said that number of cases is due to high number of tests that state has performed.  More than 45,000 tests have been conducted at hospitals and mobile testing facilities.   official total on Saturday was 10,356. He said that re are 6,211 cases in New York City, 1,385 in Westchester, 1,234 in Nassau County, 622 in Suffolk County, 262 in Rockland County. 1,603 out of 10,356 victims are currently hospitalized, according to goverr.

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goverr also said that 54 per cent of coronavirus cases in New York State are people between s of 18 and 49 years old, and once again asked young people to observe social distancing rules. goverr repeated his calls for calm and asked people to practice humanity and show some compassion towards ors.

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New York reviewing sites

According to Cuomo, anywhere from 40 to 80 per cent of population of New York State will be infected by coronavirus. He also revealed that state is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention center and some state university campuses, to get hospital capacity, which w stands at around 50,000, up to 75,000 beds.

Possible locations for temporary hospitals, which would be operated by Army Corps of Engineers, include Stony Brook University and SUNY College at Old Westbury on Long Island and Westchester County Center, in dition to Manhattan's Javits Center, Cuomo said. Officials have identified 2 million face masks that can be sent to hot spots, Cuomo said, and apparel companies are pivoting to make masks. One million masks are being sent to New York City hospitals Saturday, and 500,000 to Long Island, he said.

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