Cuomo reports New York has its largest one-day increase in deaths since pandemic

<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state saw it largest daily increase in coronavirus deaths -- the largest single-day increase in deaths in the state since the start of the pandemic.</p><p>But there are signs the outbreak is slowing.</p><p>He reports another 731 coronavirus deaths in New York, and comes even as the three-day average of hospitalizations and intensive care admissions are dropping, Cuomo said.</p><p>"Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a brother, is a sister. So, a lot of pain again today," he said at a press conference in Albany.</p><p>In total, more than 5,400 New Yorkers have died from the virus. In all, there have been more than 138,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the state.</p>