California to send 500 ventilators on loan to U.S. stockpile: 'Other states would be there for us'

California will send 500 ventilators it's not currently using to the U. S. stockpile for temporary use by other states with a more urgent need, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday.

The declaration follows similar moves by Oregon and Washington over the weekend; Oregon announced it would be sending 140 ventilators, and Washington will return more than 400 to the National Strategic Stockpile.

Newsom noted the 500 ventilators are meant to "help our fellow Americans in New York and across the country who are being impacted the hardest right now by the COVID-19 pandemic."

In New York City, the American epicenter of the pandemic, 130,689 individuals have tested positive for the coronavirus and 4,758 have died. While New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday intensive care admissions and intubation rates have begun to slow down, he cautioned residents, saying, "Now is not the time to be lax."

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