March 24: Gov. Cuomo says NYS needs 30,000 more ventilators

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COLYTHANK YOASTER JS7EWN.LET'S DO OUR PARTTO HESNESSESLIKE CHRUSCIKIBAKERY.RESTAURANTS THATARE STILL OPEN FDFOR TAKE OUT OR ANT DON'T SEE ITON THIS LIST THENPOST THAT NOUR LIST.<AD LIB WX TOSSMETEOROLOGISTAUTUMNLEWANDOWSKON: 45CLOUDY START WITERNOON.WE: 50SEASONABLE WITH PMRAIN SHOWERS FORLY CLOUDY ANDWANG SHOWERSFRIDAYMORNING: 32AFTEROWER POSN SHAPE!DPEOPLE ONEY'RE LOOKINGFOR TIPS ON INDOORW OWNMOBILE APP.ACCORDING TO THEF-B-I ... THE APPTEEPREPARING FOFITNESSTEST."AND TAKE A LOOK AGOVERNMENT'SORDER TOGFOR A MARATHON.LAST WEEK, THIAMARATHON ... 26 POINTTWO MILES... ON HIS23-FOOT LONGBALCONY.ANNSAIDOF HIS MANYMARATHONS.HE SAID HHECK INANDSEE WHAT'S COOKINGIN THE MISTT KITCHEEATHER.THAT'S EYEWTNESSNEWS AT KBW APP...WE NEWYORK.GETHLO STRONG.OUR COV RIGHTNOW FIRETV, ANROID AND APPLET-V.DISCREPANCRNOON.OOD AFTERNOON.I'M ED DRANCORONAVIRUSSPREAD--STATEWIDE AND HEREIN WESTERN NEWYORK.IN A LIVE UPDATE--JUST HOURS AGO--GOVERNOR CUOMOTOOK A MUCHDIFFERENT TONE--THAN HE HAS IN DAYSPAST.THE GOVERNOR ISNOW PUTTING ATIMELINE OUT THERE--SAYING IN THE NEXTTWO OR THREEWEEKS--THE NUMBER OFPATIENTS, WHO NEEDTO BE HOSPITALIZED,BECAUSE OFCORONAVIRUS--COULD REALLYCRASH THEHEALTHCARE SYSTEM.THE GOVERNOR SAYS,THE STATE NEEDS 30-THOUSAND MOREVENTILATORS.FEMA, THEGOVERNOR SAID, HASOFFERED 400.THE GOVERNOR HASALSO UPPED THEANTE--CALLING ON THEFEDERALGOVERNMENT TO USETHE "FEDERALDEFENSEPRODUCTION ACT"--WHERE THEGOVERNMENT CANTELL PRIVATECOMPANIES TO MAKECERTIAN PRODUCTS.THE GOVERNOR SAYSAT THIS POINT--THE STATE COULDNEED 140-THOUSANDHOSPITAL BEDS--40-THOUSAND OFTHOSE WOULD BE INTHE ICU.RIGHT NOW, THEGOVERNOR SAYS THESPREAD OF THECORONAVIRUS IS NOTSLOWING.IN FACT, HE SAYSTHERE HAS BEEN A"DRASTIC INCREASE"IN THE RATE OFINFECTION.THE GOVERNOR SAYS"WE HAVE EXHAUSTEDEVERY OPTION."THE STATE HASCLOSED BUSINESSES,REDUCED CROWDCAPACITY ANDINCREASED TESTING--BUT THE VIRUSCONTINUES TOSPREAD.HERE ARE THELATEST NUMBERS:IN NEW YORK STATE--THE TOTAL NUMBEROF PEOPLE TESTED,STANDS AT 91,270.ALMOST 26-THOUSAND PEOPLEHAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE.32-HUNDRED PEOPLARE IN THE HOSPITAL.756 ARE IN THESTATE'S "INTENSIVECARE UNITS."IN ERIE COUNTY--THE NUMBER OFPEOPLE WITHCONFIMRED CASES OFCORONAVIRUS HASTOPPED 100.A QUARTER OF THOSECAES -- 25 IN TOTAL--ARE PEOPLEBETWEEN THE AGESOF 30 AND 39.THE GOVERNOR HASREITERATED, WE NEEDTO BE CONCERNEDABOUT THEVULNERABLEPOPULATION.HE SAYS 80-PERCENTOF PEOPLE