With the coronavirus having claimed more than 3,560 lives in New York, Mr. Cuomo warned on Saturday that the state was still days away from the peak of its outbreak.
"Nobody can tell you the number at the top of the mountain," Mr. Cuomo said, but he estimated that it would be "in the seven-day range." He said the state was not prepared for that point.
"I think we all feel the same, these stresses, this country, this state — like nothing I've experienced in my lifetime," he said at his daily briefing in Albany.
Governor Cuomo also offered signs that many New Yorkers were overcoming the virus; for instance, he said, two-thirds of the people who had been hospitalized after reporting coronavirus-related symptoms have been discharged.
"We are all in the battle here," he added, "and the battle is stopping the spread of the virus."
Hospitalizations were increasing at a slower rate, as well: The number of patients currently hospitalized in New York State increased by only 7 percent since Friday, the smallest increase in at least two weeks. From March 22 to 28, the number of people hospitalized was rising by an average of 27 percent per day.
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