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NY Coronavirus: 'Troubling' Number Of Cases In Nassau, Suffolk
Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed concern about the rate of new coronavirus cases on Long Island.
LONG ISLAND, NY — The number of new cases of the new coronavirus in Nassau and Suffolk counties is "troubling," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.
Cuomo led his daily coronavirus news briefing by reporting 1,033 new cases overnight in Nassau County, which now has 10,587 positive cases. Suffolk County had 1,141 new cases overnight, bringing the total to 8,746, Cuomo said.
Long Island has 21 percent of the state's cases as of Thursday morning.
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Overnight, 200 more ventilators were released to Long Island and Westchester from the New York state stockpile, Cuomo said.
If the rate of use continues, the state has enough ventilators to deploy for about six days, he said.
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