
New York state has about 170,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, a number that only counts infected people who have been tested. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said testing would have to be ramped up dramatically to put New York back in business.
Cuomo said restarting the outbreak-stalled economy will require a massive expansion of testing to cover millions of workers. Public health experts hope that mass screening with antibody tests could help identify who might have built up immunity to COVID-19. Cuomo said the state’s Health Department is developing an antibody test.



