New York Gov. Cuomo unveils multi-state coalition to re-open economy post-COVID.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled an 18 member work group involving New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Delaware tasked with finding a coordinated way to reopen the economy as the spread of the coronavirus becomes more manageable, per Business Insider.
This comes as President Donald Trump and many of his top administration officials have been adamant about rolling back social distancing measures to fire up the economy as the nation faces mounting unemployment and economic distress.
Currently, more than 188,000 New Yorkers have tested positive for the coronavirus and over 9,300 people have died in the state. New York has tested more than 461,600 people for the virus, per Johns Hopkins data. The number of novel coronavirus cases now exceeds 558,000 in the U.S., with more than 2.8 million tests having been conducted as of Monday morning, per Johns Hopkins. Over 41,800 Americans have recovered from the virus, Axios reports.
