周三，纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫说，由于纽约居民采取的行动，该州正开始使冠状病毒曲线变平。
“我们在这个州采取了戏剧性的行动。纽约暂停关闭学校、商业、社交距离的项目，它正在发挥作用，”科莫在周三的新闻发布会上说。“曲线正在变平，到目前为止，我们今天再次看到了这一点。这意味着曲线变平了，因为我们通过我们所做的来变平曲线。如果我们停止我们正在做的事情，你会看到曲线变化。这条曲线纯粹是我们日复一日所做事情的函数。”
纽约的曲线变平并不意味着冠状病毒病例的立即减少，而是意味着每日病例数的缓慢下降。每日病例的减少有助于减轻该州卫生保健系统的压力，确保医院不会被患者数量压得喘不过气来，科莫在新闻发布会上谈到了这一点。
“住院病人的数量在下降，而且我们也不只是看日常数据，你看三天的趋势，但是这个数字在下降。三天平均趋势也在下降，”科莫说。“所以，我们看到曲线的报价变平了。我们在医院系统中的容量比以往任何时候都多，因此我们在该系统中有更多的容量来吸收更多的人。”
科莫还指出，如果纽约居民不继续保持社会距离，并遵循其他有助于减缓病毒传播的措施，曲线的平坦化可能会停止。
4月8日，星期三，纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫说，该州正在拉平冠状病毒曲线
“这里有一个很大的警示标志。这是如果我们继续做我们正在做的事情，”科莫补充道。“我们正在使曲线变平，因为我们对社会距离等要求很严格。所以，如果我们继续做我们正在做的事情，那么我们相信曲线会继续变平。但是，现在不是沾沾自喜的时候，也不是做与我们一直在做的事情不同的事情的时候。”
“我们必须保持勤奋；我们在前进的道路上必须保持纪律，”纽约州长说。
尽管科莫指出该州迄今为止取得了成功，但州长在新闻发布会上宣布，纽约州出现了有史以来最高的单日死亡人数。4月6日，纽约报道了779例死亡，科莫称之为“可怕”
在他的新闻发布会上，展示了一幅图表，显示该州的死亡人数每天都在增加，但州长指出，死亡人数的增加源于那些长期住院的人。
“死亡人数将继续上升，因为住院时间更长的人会去世，”科莫说。“住院人数可能会开始下降，但死亡人数实际上在上升，因为在医院呆了11天、14天、17天的人都去世了。这就是我们所看到的。”
纽约的病例数仍然是全美最高的。根据约翰·霍普金斯大学提供的追踪报告，纽约有超过140，000例病例，至少有13，007例死亡。
GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS NEW YORK IS FLATTENING THE CORONAVIRUS CURVE
On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the state is beginning to flatten the coronavirus curve, because of the actions taken by New York residents.
"We took dramatic actions in this state. New York pause program that closed down schools, businesses, social distancing, and it's working," Cuomo said during Wednesday's press briefing. "It is flattening the curve and we see that again today so far. Meaning that curve is flattening because we are flattening the curve by what we are doing. If we stop what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is purely a function of what we do day in and day out."
Flattening the curve in New York does not mean an immediate decrease in coronavirus cases, but instead a slow decline in the number of daily cases. The decline in daily cases helps to alleviate the stress on the state's health care system, ensuring that hospitals won't become overwhelmed by the number of patients, which Cuomo touched upon during his press briefing.
"The number of patients hospitalized is down, and again we don't just look at day-to-day data, you look at the three-day trend, but that number is down. The three-day average trend is also down," Cuomo said. "So, we see the quote on quote flattening of the curve. We have more capacity in the hospital system than ever before, so we've had more capacity in that system to absorb more people."
Cuomo also noted that if New York residents don't continue to social distance and follow other measures that are helping to slow the spread of the virus, the flattening of the curve could stop.
On Wednesday, April 8, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the state is flattening the coronavirus curve
"There's a big caution sign. That's if we continue doing what we're doing," Cuomo added. "We are flattening the curve because we are rigorous about social distancing, etc. So, if we continue doing what we're doing then we believe the curve will continue to flatten. But, it's not a time to get complacent, it's not a time to do anything different than what we have been doing."
"We have to remain diligent; we have to remain disciplined going forward," the New York governor said.
Despite Cuomo pointing to success for the state thus far, the governor announced in the press conference that New York state saw its highest single-day death toll yet. On April 6, New York reported 779 deaths, which Cuomo called, "terrible."
During his press briefing, a graphic was displayed showing how the number of deaths in the state has continued to increase on a daily basis, but the governor noted that the increasing number of deaths stem from those who have been hospitalized for a long period of time.
"The number of deaths will continue to rise, as those hospitalized for a longer period of time pass away," Cuomo said. "The hospitalizations can start to drop but the deaths actually increase because the people who have been in the hospital for 11 days, 14 days, 17 days, pass away. That's what we're seeing."
New York continues to have the highest number of cases across the U.S. According to a tracker provided by Johns Hopkins University, there are over 140,000 cases in New York and at least 13,007 deaths.
