There are now more than 44-thousand people who have tested positive for coronavirus in New York State as of Friday. The death toll has passed the 500 mark.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says the latest projection has coronavirus cases peaking in three weeks.
“The rate of the increase is slowing but the number of cases are still going up.”
All New York state schools had been shut since mid March and now the governor is extending that until at least April 15th.
“and you look at the number of cases still increasing, it only makes sense to keep the schools closed.”
Cuomo says four temporary federal hospitals are either just about ready or being put up and he’s got his eye on four more locations for field hospitals. He’s asking President Trump for approval for those. That would mean a total of eight thousand extra beds.
“That would give us coverage all across the downstate area.”