New York State Needs 50,000 Extra Hospital Beds, Cuomo Says
- Coronavirus cases in worst-hit U.S. state rise above 10,000
- New York City accounts for about 60% of the infections
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New York is racing to add tens of thousands of hospital beds, buy thousands of ventilators and distribute millions of masks to medical workers as coronavirus infections in the state rose above 10,000, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.