According to Worlometers, 12,339 new cases in New York today so far.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
And why is that?
That's right because of increased testing. Which is what needs to be done.
That’s because New York is testing far more than any other state..they have to identify those positive and get them quaranteined, which is basically a lot of what this testing is about along with asking people to just stay home.
NY: Cases 15,777 dead 114 serious 60 recovered 0
The extremely low recovered numbers are worrisome - 29 for the entire US