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NewsColony Cuomo Announces Expanded Virus Testing in New York Here’s what you need to know: Confirmed cases and deaths in New York State 10,000 cases 7-day average Total Cases See maps of the coronavirus outbreak in New York » Image A CVS employee protected the pharmacy area with a plastic curtain on March 25 in Manhattan. Credit… Stephen Speranza for The New York Times All pharmacies in New York will be able to test for Covid-19, Governor Cuomo says. New Yorkers anxious to learn if they have the coronavirus will soon be able to get tested at any local pharmacy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Saturday. Mr. Cuomo said he was signing an executive order authorizing all of the state’s roughly 5,000 pharmacies to conduct coronavirus tests as a part of an effort to reach a larger number of people. “If your local drugstore can now become a collection site, people can go to their local drugstore,” Mr. Cuomo said. “Since we now have...