Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Drop Sharply in New York

Medical workers putting on equipment at the beginning of their shift at the emergency field hospital run by Samaritan's Purse and Mount Sinai Health System in Central Park in New York City on April 8, 2020. Misha Friedman/Getty Images

New York saw a net increase of just 200 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, officials announced April 9, as another day of figures suggests the state has reached its peak in the pandemic.

“The hospitalization rate does suggest that’s it’s coming down,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Albany.