New York and other area states are looking to streamline the process of ordering and securing medical equipment. In his daily coronavirus press briefing yesterday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said he wants to form a consortium with New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware to buy equipment and supplies at a better price…
The state now has confirmed over 316,000 total cases of coronavirus across the state and more than 19,000 deaths. In Rockland, the state says we’ve got over 11,800 reported cases, and the Rockland Health Department confirms 519 deaths here in the county.