Social distancing slowing Covid-19: NY Governor

New York: Social distancing appears to be slowing the spread of the coronavirus in New York, the epicenter of America’s pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said.

In his daily update on efforts to contain the deadly pandemic, Cuomo said on Wednesday that projection rates suggested hospitalisations were increasing at a slower rate than before. “The arrows are headed in the right direction,” he told reporters.

Cuomo said New York was still “on the way up the mountain” and wouldn't meet the peak of declared cases for another three weeks.


But he added that projections showed that hospitalisations were now doubling every 4.7 days as opposed to every two days as was the case on Sunday. The state’s almost 20 million residents have been confined to their homes since Cuomo ordered all non-essential businesses closed on Sunday.