Over 6,500 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the state of New York .
there have been 5,711 confirmed cases in New York state ,   # /bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 of which 3,954 are in New York City ,   and of those , 42 people have died.  # /bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 New York has the highest number of confirmed cases of any state in the United States.