NY COVID-19 Hospitalizations Appear to Reach Plateau, Cuomo Says

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the largest Gothic church in the world will become an emergency field hospital later this week in New York City, on April 7, 2020. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

The number of new hospitalizations in New York state for COVID-19 appears to have reached a plateau, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on April 7, a similar message to one he delivered a day earlier.

While the state reported that more than 700 people died in the previous 24 hours from COVID-19, the largest single-day death toll during the pandemic, officials still believe the peak of illnesses may have arrived.