Cuomo: New York records 5,972 new COVID-19 cases in high since April as numbers rise in city

NEW YORK — New York recorded a seven-month statewide high of 5,972 new coronavirus cases as numbers continue to soar in hotspots and upstate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. The shocking state caseload recorded Friday was the most for a single day since late April, when the city and metro area was still reeling from the deadly first wave of the pandemic. “We are in no way immune to the …