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New York State Surpasses 100,000 Coronavirus Cases

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - Forty percent of all U.S. coronavirus cases are concentrated
   in New York state, where the death toll hit a new single-day high of
   562 on Friday.

   "You have more deaths, you have more people coming into hospitals than
   any other night," Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters in the state
   capital, Albany.

   Hospitalizations shot up by over 1,400 people overnight. More than 335
   were placed in intensive care units, which means they require
   ventilators to help them breathe.

   In all, New York now has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19,
   the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Nationwide, there are about
   245,000 confirmed cases.

   Neighboring New Jersey has the second most cases in the country, with
   just over 25,000. California is third with nearly 11,000 cases.

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