New York State Officials Report Additional Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Wednesday additional cases of coronavirus in New York State. “We said for the past several weeks that with this Coronavirus situation you’re going to see continued spreading and that spreading is inevitable,” said Cuomo. “I said you’ll start to see community spread cases where you can’t track it back directly to one place or one visit. And I think that’s what we’re seeing today.”

Cuomo said Tuesday a case was reported in Westchester — a 50-year old man who did not travel to any of the places on the “watch list.”

On Wednesday, Cuomo added: “The not-so-good news is the case in Westchester, which is a fifty year old attorney who tested positive, his wife his wife has also tested positive, his 20 year old son has also tested positive, his daughter has also tested positive, and his neighbor who drove him to the hospital also tested positive.

“The son is 20 years old and attends Yeshiva University. The daughter is 14 years old and is in the SAR school. And the neighbor is not just a neighbor, but actually drove the attorney to the hospital and therefore was in the car with the attorney in that closed environment — and the neighbor tested positive.

That then triggers the detective work where we go back and we try to make as many connections as possible. And do as much research and investigation as possible. And then notify people.” 

Cuomo said the attorney did travel to Miami, but that is not a place where it’s known to have any clusters of Coronavirus. Still, he tested positive. Cuomo said our information is the gentleman had an underlying respiratory illness and he was hospitalized.