Coronavirus spread may be leveling off in New York, New Jersey; vigilance urged

The governors of New York and New Jersey pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak was starting to plateau but warned against complacency as the nationwide death toll topped 10,000 and the number of known U.S. infections surpassed 350,000. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said coronavirus-related deaths statewide reached 4,758 as of Monday, an increase of 599 from Sunday, on par with an increase of 594 during the previous 24 hours. The overall tally of confirmed cases in the state, the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, grew by 7 percent from the previous day to 130,680.

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