New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state will restart its economy in a multi-phase manner after the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the fall in coronavirus deaths is a sign that the ongoing social distancing practices are working to curb the spread of the virus.

The official death toll from the coronavirus soared in New York City on Tuesday after health authorities began including people who probably had COVID-19, but died without ever being tested.

The death toll from coronavirus in New York has now topped 10,000 only about a month after the state recorded its first fatality, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.

As New York City faced one of its darkest days with the death toll from the coronavirus surging past 4,000 — more than the number killed on 9/11 — the Chinese city where the global pandemic began lifted its final restrictions on movement Wednesday as deaths there plummeted.