NEW: The Senate and the House 'respectfully decline' the White House's offer to provide lawmakers with rapid coronavirus testing capabilities.
The number of coronavirus deaths in New York state remains fairly steady, with 299 on Friday compared to 289 the day before, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.The state is also seeing about 900 new coronavirus cases each day, which Cuomo said is still"unacceptably high."
Antibody tests are meanwhile showing an infection rate of 19.9 percent among New York City residents, and 12.3 percent statewide. Experts say it isShare this -A curse for most, a 'blessing' for some. How unemployed Americans are getting by during pandemic The eyebrow stylist spent February traveling from New Mexico to New York for fashion week and then visiting Washington state to help open a brow bar outside Seattle. Shortly after returning to her native Las Cruces, the 31-year-old visited her brother and her sister in Austin, Texas.
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