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New York state has more than 122,000 coronavirus cases - about a third of all the cases in the US - and the daily news briefings from Governor Andrew Cuomo have become required viewing for many.
In today's briefing, Mr Cuomo said social distancing appeared to be working, with the death rate"flat for two days in a row", and both the number of hospital admissions, and people in intensive care, going down. This"would suggest a possible flattening of the curve", he said, adding:"It is hopeful but it is also inconclusive, and it still depends on what we do... and how successful we are at social distancing."He was going to ask President Donald Trump whether the hospital navy ship sent to New York, the USNS Comfort, could be used for coronavirus patients, to help relieve overloaded local hospitals.
There was a"danger is getting over-confident too quickly" and loosening social distancing measures too soon."Hong Kong has made that mistake, South Korea has made that mistake. We're not going to make that mistake," he said.
Image caption: A graph used in the briefing showed previous hospitalisation projections in orange and blue - while the current projection, in purple, suggested the curve might be flattening
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