- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday that an additional 478 people had died of the coronavirus in New York State, the lowest single-day toll in more than two weeks.
- “We have paid a tremendous price to control this beast,” Cuomo said of New York’s death toll, which is higher than that of any other US state.
- In some promising news, the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations yesterday fell to 1,300, although the overall number of hospitalizations remained unchanged
- Cuomo said much of the state’s coronavirus response so far has focused on downstate New York, particularly New York City, which has seen more than 13,000 deaths from the virus.
- .“The question is, how long is the descent, and how steep is the descent?” he said. “Nobody knows. Just as nobody knew how long the ascent was, nobody can tell you how long the descent is.”
- Andrew Cuomo said his White House meeting today with Trump would focus on testing and the role the federal government can play in expanding capacity. Cuomo said he would not shy away from the truth when he meets with Trump at the White House later today. “Life is a fine line,” Cuomo said. “Being in government is a fine line … I tell you how I negotiate the fine line: you tell the truth.”
- Cuomo criticized local leaders pushing to quickly reopen the state in response to political pressure surrounding the stay-at-home order. “If you don’t want to take the political heat, you shouldn’t be in the political kitchen, which is called being an elected official in the state of New York,” Cuomo said.
- Cuomo also criticized Congress for not including state funding in the next coronavirus relief bill. The National Governors Association has said states need $500 billion to address the current crisis.
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