State of Emergency Declared in New York<br />Over Rise in COVID-19 Cases On March 7, Governor Andrew Cuomo<br />declared a state of emergency in New York. The declaration is due to concerns surrounding<br />the spread of COVID-19 in the state, as the total<br />number of confirmed cases now sits at 76. Under Cuomo’s declaration of emergency,<br />the state will be able to speed up supply purchases<br />and the hiring of workers in relation to the virus. It will also allow the state to circumvent<br />purchasing regulations, if necessary. The latest COVID-19 case appears to be a taxi or<br />ride share driver in Queens, whose positive testing led<br />to more than 40 hospital workers being quarantined. The epicenter of the coronavirus in New York,<br />with 57 total confirmed cases so far, appears to be<br />just north of New York City in Westchester County. The cases are believed to stem from the<br />second confirmed case of coronavirus in<br />the state, a 50-year-old lawyer who lives<br />in New Rochelle and works in Manhattan. In addition, there have been 11 confirmed cases<br />in NYC, 4 cases in Nassau County, 2 cases in<br />Rockland County and 2 cases in Saratoga County.
