Source: CBS News

Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York – once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic – have dropped to their lowest number since March 18.

“As New York continues to show progress combatting COVID-19 with low hospitalizations and a low rate of positive cases, we remain alarmed by spikes in much of the country and the risk of a lack of compliance at home as the state pursues a phased, data-driven reopening,” Cuomo said Saturday.

The United States saw more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases in total for a second day in a row on Friday, with 71,600 new cases reported nationwide.

There have been 25,035 total deaths in New York due to the coronavirus since tracking began in March.

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