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   Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that 2,935 New Yorkers have died   
   from the coronavirus so far with 562 new deaths over the last 24   
   hours.   
      
   That was a 23% jump and the single-biggest daily increase in   
   deaths in the state since the outbreak began a few weeks ago.   
      
   “New York is in crisis. Help New York,” Cuomo said.   
      
   How about you resign and let somebody else with balls take over?   
      
   Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that 2,935 New Yorkers have died   
   from the coronavirus so far with 562 new deaths over the last 24   
   hours — a 23% jump and the single-biggest daily increase in   
   deaths in the state since the outbreak began a few weeks ago.   
      
   “The curve continues to go up,” Cuomo said at a news conference   
   in Albany, referring to the number of new COVID-19 cases across   
   the state. There are 102,863 confirmed cases across New York, a   
   10% jump overnight, according to charts presented at the news   
   conference. New York City alone accounts for 57,159 total cases,   
   up 5,350 over the last 24 hours.   
      
   The Jacob K. Javits Conference Center, where the U.S. Army Corps   
   of Engineers has built a temporary hospital, will be fully   
   dedicated to coronavirus patients, Cuomo said. It was originally   
   designed to handle other patients to free up hospital beds   
   across New York City. Cuomo also said he’s signing an executive   
   order that will allow the state to take whatever personal   
   protective equipment, including medical masks and gloves, and   
   ventilators from public or private organizations the state needs   
   to treat CV-19 patients.   
      
   “I’m not going to let people die,” Cuomo said. “I’m not going to   
   get into a situation where I know we are running out of   
   ventilators and we could have people dying because there are no   
   ventilators, but there are hospitals in other parts of the state   
   that have ventilators that they’re not using.”   
      
   Cuomo again called on the federal government to help obtain more   
   ventilators, which are in short supply across the U.S. He said   
   doctors are using one ventilator split between two patients,   
   using BiPAP machines and anesthesia machines as makeshift   
   ventilators because some hospitals have already run out.   
      
   “New York is in crisis. Help New York,” he said. “No state can   
   get the supplies they need. No state can get the PPE they need.   
   No state can get the ventilators they need. The market has   
   literally collapsed.”   
      
   He said Alibaba founder Jack Ma and President Michael Evans have   
   “been very helpful to us” in helping to find medical supplies.   
   Paying to fight the outbreak is straining the state’s coffers.   
      
   “The budget was difficult because the state has no money,” Cuomo   
   said.   
      
   The federal government sent Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort   
   on Monday to New York City to help relieve local hospitals by   
   treating non-COVID-19 patients. As of Thursday night, there were   
   just 20 patients on the Comfort, which, with 1,000 patient   
   slots, is the largest hospital ship in the world.   
      
   “I’m going to speak to the secretary of Defense,” Cuomo said   
   when asked about the very low number of patients on the Comfort.   
   “I know they’re not taking COVID-positive patients. But they   
   said that from day one, to be fair.”   
      
   Unlike President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Bill de   
   Blasio, state health officials aren’t telling residents to wear   
   masks, scarves or bandanas while they are outside because   
   there’s no data to support that they protect people against the   
   coronavirus, said New York Health Commissioner Dr. Howard   
   Zucker. The World Health Organization has said the masks are   
   most effective if worn by people who are sick by keeping them   
   from spreading it to other people.   
      
   At the same time, Cuomo said, “The masks couldn’t hurt, unless   
   they gave a wearer a false sense of security.”   
      
   Trump and Vice President Mike Pence said at a press briefing   
   Thursday night that the Centers for Disease Control and   
   Prevention will issue new nationwide guidance “in the next   
   several days” about wearing masks in public to prevent   
   transmission of the coronavirus.   
      
   -- CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger contributed to this article.   
      
   Correction: There were 562 new deaths in New York state over the   
   last 24 hours. The original story misstated the number of new   
   deaths.   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/new-york-gov-cuomo-says-state-   
   saw-its-single-biggest-increase-in-coronavirus-deaths-   
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