Cuomo says New York deaths signal possible plateau in state outbreak

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said deaths from the coronavirus pandemic were showing signs of hitting a plateau in the state that has become the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.

The challenge, he cautioned Monday, is to maintain the social distancing that has finally pointed New York toward a possible peak in fatalities. For a second day in a row, the percentage increase in the death toll was less than 10%, a turnabout from numbers about twice as large barely a week ago.

"I get that people are cooped up," Cuomo said in his daily press briefing. "But, we get reckless, we change and we're not compliant on social distancing, you'll see those numbers go up again.

"Now is not the time to slack off on what we're doing."