The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York has climbed to 3,800, with close to 900 in intensive care. New York City alone  has 17,000 cases and more than 3,000 new cases in the past 24 hours. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that as many as 140,000 hospital beds may be needed in a state with 53,000. The state has more than 30,000 confirmed cases and 285 deaths. The nation-high figures are driven mostly by New York City. Cuomo said the worst surge of patients into overburdened hospitals may come in about three week’s time. Hospitals have agreed to dramatically raise their capacity and federal officials are building field hospitals and sending a hospital ship to New York Harbor. The state will use empty dormitories and shuttered nursing homes to meet the coming need. On a brighter note, there were only 800 new cases in Westchester County, once the hottest hot spot in the state. Cuomo took a shot at Congress, calling the $2 trillion stimulus plan that the Senate negotiators cut last night as “terrible” for  New York. He said the plan would allocate just $3 billion for the state and less than $2 billion for the city, compared to a House plan that was more than five times more generous. “It’s a drop in the bucket,” he said. “We need to make changes.” Photo  via Getty Images.