New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency on Saturday after the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in New York increased to 76.

Iran Press/ America: Eleven of the cases are in New York City and 57 are in Westchester County. There are also signals of an ongoing spread, including a pair of cases in both Saratoga County and Rockland County, as well as four in Nassau County, according to the governor. 

Amid concerns that some individuals under voluntary quarantine might not be complying with isolation requirements, Cuomo said that health departments should conduct regular monitoring of quarantined patients and hinted that the state could step in should individual patients decide to buck the process.

Cuomo pointed to several factors, such as price gouging, that threaten to exacerbate the crisis.

He stated that nursing homes and senior living facilities in New Rochelle, the New York City suburb at the center of one of the outbreaks, will not be able to receive outside visitors.

Major universities close classrooms amid coronavirus outbreak

Meanwhile, New York Yeshiva University’s president announced Wednesday that a student had tested positive for Covid-19 and classes would be canceled at their Washington Heights and Midtown Campuses until after March 10.

the first major American universities to close classroom doors in response to the coronavirus outbreak are happening in California and Washington, the state with the most deaths from COVID-19.

The University of Washington informed its 55,000 students Friday that it was shutting down in-person classes and finals starting Monday as it also announced a staff member "who works in the Roosevelt Commons East building" tested positive for the virus and is in "self-isolation at home," according to UW News.

In a similar move, Stanford University, in the heart of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, moved from in-person classes to online where possible after two students are in self-isolation due to "possible exposure" to the virus, Provost Persis Drell wrote to students Friday.

Similarly, Seattle University and Lake Washington Institute of Technology, located outside Seattle, both announced they are moving to virtual classes as well. On Thursday, Everett Community, outside Seattle, closed and its president announced a student tested positive for the virus.

305/