NY Gov. Cuomo compares 9/11 to 'silent explosion' of COVID-19
Referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said, "9/11 was supposed to be the darkest day in New York for a generation."
The governor said the coronavirus outbreak was "a silent explosion that just ripples through society with the same randomness, the same evil that we saw on 9/11."
New York saw a sharp drop in the number of people newly admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours to the lowest level in the coronavirus crisis, a sign that social distancing steps are working, Cuomo said.
The number of deaths increased to 799 on April 8, up from 779 a day earlier and a record high for a third day.
