New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a crisis order directing hospitals to increase their capacity by 50% as coronavirus cases across the state surged 38% overnight to 20,875.

( monday************************************************) York is the state that is hardest-hit the united states behind New Jersey, Cuomo said. New York City, alone, is the reason 12,305 confirmed infections, he said.

“This could go on for several months,” Cuomo said. Roughly 13% of all of the cases have now been hospitalized thus far, 621 associated with the patients have wound up in the ICU and 157 folks have died, he said.