New York state government will requisition ventilators from institutions with the spare equipment to make up for an expected shortfall that could come as soon as next week.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the latest executive order on Friday as deaths attributed to the virus over the last 24 hours have increased by more than 500 people, and confirmed cases in the state have topped 100,000 people.

The ventilators taken from institutions will either have them returned or be reimbursed for them, Cuomo said.

"I can't do anything more than that," he said at a daily briefing in Albany.

New York officials over the last several weeks have sought to acquire ventilators from a variety of sources. The state has been in a bidding war with other states as well as the federal government. On Friday, Cuomo doubted the federal government's stockpile of ventilators would be enough.

"People are going to die in the near term because there's no bed, there's no staff, there's no PPE, there's no ventilator," Cuomo said.

At the same time, Cuomo said he is working with Chinese online retailer Alibaba and its founder, Jack Ma, to obtain more ventilators. Coronavirus patients in New York City, meanwhile, are being moved to a temporary hospital at the Javits Convention Center. Cuomo said federal emergency officials had been hesitant to do so, but he had appealed to President Donald Trump to make the change.

"Hotspots" of the virus, meanwhile, are increasing on Long Island, a development Cuomo called troubling. But he expects numbers to eventually increase in upstate communities. Cuomo has likened the curve of cases and hospitalizations to a wave.

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"You're going to see that wave move throughout the state," he said.

New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, meanwhile, said medical-grade masks should be reserved for health care workers and people who are sick. Federal health officials on Thursday advised Americans to wear some form of a mask in public. Cuomo added, however, that wearing a makeshift mask, like a bandana, couldn't hurt.

"Don't let it give you a false sense of security," he said.