"In a startlingly quick ascent, New York reported on Friday that the state was closing in on 8,000 positive tests, about half the cases in the country... The sharp increase is thrusting the medical system toward a crisis point, officials said."
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"State officials have projected that the number of coronavirus cases in New York will peak in early May. Both the governor and Mayor Bill de Blasio have used wartime metaphors and analogies to paint a grim picture of what to expect."
"Officials have said the state would need to double its available hospital beds to 100,000 and could be short as many as 25,000 ventilators."
