New York Might Be Very Near or at Coronavirus Peak, Governor Says

BROOKLYN — New Yorkers were offered a tiny glimmer of hope on Sunday: the rate of people being discharged from hospital is going up, while the numbers of deaths decreased slightly for the first time since the crisis began.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a press conference Sunday, ventured cautiously that the state could be nearing the apex of the coronavirus crisis, which has so far sickened at least 122,000 people and killed 4,159. But he also emphasized repeatedly that any data suggesting the state's COVID-19 crisis is plateauing could be a blip.

“We’re very near the apex, or the apex could be a plateau, and we could be on that plateau right now,” said Cuomo. “We won’t know until we see the next few days, whether this goes up or it goes down.”

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