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COVID-19 Updates
Below you will find the most up-to-date information on coronavirus news impacting New York. You can find additional resources and coverage on our coronavirus page .
10:45 a.m. Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a COVID-19 update Tuesday morning from Manhattan's Javits Center.
Key updates:
Dramatic increase in rate of new COVID-19 infections, doubling about every three days. Cuomo said the curve is increasing. Read more here .
State. of New York has a total of 25,665 COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Cuomo said, an increase of 4,790 since Monday.
New York City now has 14,904 total cases, an increase of 2,599 since Monday, according to the governor.
3,234 cases are hospitalized in New York, with 756 of those being ICU patients, or 24% of all hospitalized.
91,270 total people tested in state of New York so far, most of any state.
Estimated hospital beds needed has gone up to 140,000 hospital beds estimated needed, including 40,000 ICU beds.
Troubling and higher numbers than initially anticipated, Cuomo said.
The peak of cases could be 14 to 21 days away, both sooner and higher than we expected.
Might try an experiment of splitting ventilators between two patients.
We need federal help, "and we need it now," Cuomo said, urging the federal government to use the Defense Production Act. Cuomo said NY should be able to tap into a federal stockpile of 20,000 ventilators.
9 a.m. One New York City dad tells PIX11 how he's structuring his second-grader son's day now that remote learning has launched. Watch more.
5 a.m. Reminder: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order to close all non-essential businesses is now in effect in New York, dubbed the "PAUSE" plan. For a full list of what businesses and entities will remain open, click here .
Overnight: New York City officials released the latest coronavirus numbers. There are 13,119 positive cases of COVID-19 and 125 fatalities citywide.
3,848 cases in Queens
2,646 in Manhattan
3,742 in Brooklyn
1,999 in the Bronx
877 in Staten Island.
There are at least 2,213 people hospitalized, officials said. Of those individuals, at least 525 are in the ICU.