Cuomo: Social Distancing Measures Appear to Be Working

A member of the NYC Medical Examiner's Office at the site as workers build a makeshift morgue outside of Bellevue Hospital to handle an expected surge in CCP virus victims in New York City on March 25, 2020. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Social distancing measures like forcing the closure of non-essential businesses and ordering people to stay home with some exceptions appear to be working in combating the spread of the CCP virus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, as officials reported another surge of over 5,000 infections.

Projections on Sunday showed hospitalizations from the new illness, which causes the COVID-19 disease, doubling every two days. Projections on Monday showed them doubling every 3.4 days and projections on Tuesday showed them doubling every 4.7 days, Cuomo told reporters in Albany.