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New York Sees Possible Flattening of Coronavirus Curve

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - New York's governor said Friday that he is "cautiously
   optimistic" that the hardest hit U.S. state is starting to see a
   flattening in the number of new coronavirus infections, even as the
   death rate continues to remain dramatically high.

   "To use an overused term, we are cautiously optimistic that we are
   slowing the infection rate," Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters in
   the state capital, Albany. "That is what the numbers say, that is what
   the data suggest to us."

   He said the three-day average of patients requiring hospitalization is
   down significantly. The number of those requiring intensive care
   treatment is also dropping, and for the first time fewer people are in
   the state's ICUs.

   "The bad news is we continue to lose a tremendous number of lives and
   endure great pain as a state -- 777 lives lost," he said. Friday is the
   fourth consecutive day the death toll has been well over 700.

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