Comments by New York mayor, Bill de Blasio
- Now we have enough ventilators to get through the week
- There is no question the virus is driving a spike in deaths at home
- Says that more can be done in minority neighbourhoods on the virus
- Says must be certain not to have a 'false dawn' on the virus trend
The cases in New York is starting to moderate further, with a 6.2% increase reported yesterday - the third straight day in the single digit percentage. But this was arguably the more comforting statistic that was reported: