NYC Mayor: Ventilator Need ‘Much Less Than Expected’

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio thanks workers at local companies Crye Precision and Lafayette 148 NY that have teamed up to make thousands of protective hospital gowns to supply the citys health care workers at their Brooklyn Navy Yard facilities, in New York on April 6, 2020 . Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on April 8 that the city’s need for ventilators is much lower than projected.

“In the last few days, we’ve actually seen fewer ventilators needed than were projected,” de Blasio said. “We expected the number of ventilators being needed being more and more going into this week. We’ve seen actually much fewer needed than we expected.”