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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is holding a briefing Saturday on the state’s response to COVID-19. On Friday he announced there have been more than 44,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in New York state.
He has repeatedly stressed a need for more hospital beds and ventilators to treat patients in the weeks ahead as the number of cases are expected to rise.