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The family of a 50-year-old New Rochelle man, who tested positive for coronavirus Tuesday, has also tested positive for the virus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday during a press conference in White Plains.

His wife and two of their children, a son and daughter, remain under quarantine in their home in Westchester County. The man, a Manhattan attorney, has an underlying respiratory illness that could worsen the effects of the disease, and is in “critical condition” at a New York City hospital.

A neighbor who drove the man to the hospital also tested positive for the disease, and is at home. He was likely infected while in the closed space with the man, Cuomo said.

The neighbor’s children are being tested, he said.

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Two more people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus in New York City, Mayor de Blasio said Thursday – bringing the total number in the Big Apple to four.

The patients are a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s, Hizzoner said.

“Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the other local individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. Both are currently hospitalized and in the intensive care unit,” he said in a statement.

“City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both individuals and will ensure they are appropriately isolated and tested immediately,” de Blasio added.

Meanwhile, tests on 25 other people have come back negative, he said Thursday morning on “Morning Joe.”

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“We are going to see more cases like this as community transmission becomes more common. We want New Yorkers to be prepared and vigilant, not alarmed,” de Blasio said in his statement. “We are taking the same decisive steps in every case to shut transmission down: isolate and test each suspected case, trace close contacts, and isolate and test them as well.”

He also urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “to increase our supply of COVID-19 test kits and expedite the approval of any testing approaches developed by private companies.

“Our single greatest challenge is the lack of fast federal action to increase testing capacity—without that, we cannot beat this epidemic back,” he said.

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“Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the other local individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. Both are currently hospitalized and in the intensive care unit,” he said in a statement.