Latest coronavirus updates in New York: Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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NEW YORK — Below you will find the most up-to-date information on coronavirus news impacting New York. You can find additional resources and coverage on our coronavirus page.

8:15 p.m.
New York City released the latest COVID-19 information. Citywide as of 6 p.m., there were 15,597 positive cases of COVID-19 and 192 fatalities.

4,667 cases in Queens
3,013 in Manhattan
4,407 in Brooklyn
2,505 in the Bronx
999 in Staten Island

There are at least 2,850 people hospitalized. Of those individuals, at least 660 were in the ICU.

3:45 p.m.
Mayor Bill de Blasio gives an update on COVID-19 response efforts in New York City.

There have been 14,751 cases in New York City, de Blasio said, with 131 deaths.

Breakout by borough:

Queens: 4,364
Brooklyn: 4,237
Manhattan: 2,887
Bronx: 2,328
Staten Island: 935

Key Updates:

De Blasio pushed back on the president’s assertion that the country would be ready to “re-open” soon, saying life “back to normal” in April is “inconceivable”
400 ventilators from FEMA arrived in NYC 100 to public hospitals and 300 to others
4,000 more ventilators are on the way to New York state, with half coming to NYC
Ventilators will be the difference between life and death, and NYC needs as many as possible, he said
Playgrounds will remain open with social distancing encouraged. If it appears as though social distancing is not being followed, they will be closed, with the decision coming Saturday, he said.
CitiBike will offer a free 30-day membership to essential workers
City agencies are being told to find savings, with the city’s budget drastically changed during this time, with revenue down and new expenses
10:45 a.m.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a COVID-19 update Tuesday morning from Manhattan’s Javits Center.
Key updates:

Dramatic increase in rate of new COVID-19 infections, doubling about every three days. Cuomo said the curve is increasing. Read more here.
State. of New York has a total of 25,665 COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Cuomo said, an increase of 4,790 since Monday.
New York City now has 14,904 total cases, an increase of 2,599 since Monday, according to the governor.
3,234 cases are hospitalized in New York, with 756 of those being ICU patients, or 24% of all hospitalized.
91,270 total people tested in state of New York so far, most of any state.
Estimated hospital beds needed has gone up to 140,000 hospital beds estimated needed, including 40,000 ICU beds.
Troubling and higher numbers than initially anticipated, Cuomo said.
The peak of cases could be 14 to 21 days away, both sooner and higher than we expected.
Might try an experiment of splitting ventilators between two patients.
We need federal help, “and we need it now,” Cuomo said, urging the federal government to use the Defense Production Act. Cuomo said NY should be able to tap into a federal stockpile of 20,000 ventilators.

Watch Cuomo’s news conference in full below now:

9 a.m.
One New York City dad tells PIX11 how he’s structuring his second-grader son’s day now that remote learning has launched. Watch more.

5 a.m.
Reminder: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order to close all non-essential businesses is now in effect in New York, dubbed the “PAUSE” plan. For a full list of what businesses and entities will remain open, click here.

Overnight:
New York City officials released the latest coronavirus numbers. There are 13,119 positive cases of COVID-19 and 125 fatalities citywide.