Coronavirus: New York governor says peak will hit at end of April, as death toll nears 2,000

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said the peak of the coronavirus will now hit at the end of April, as the state nears a death toll of 2,000 people. The governor held his daily press conference on Wednesday to update the public on how the state, which is the epicentre of Covid-19 in the US, has managed the novel virus. Mr Cuomo said the government now expects the apex to hit at the end of April with the state needing 110,000 hospital beds for Covid-19 patients and 37,000 ventilators. The numnber of Covid-19 beds and ventilators needed for the virus was estimated if "minimal" social distancing regulations were followed by residents in the state.