As of Friday, 71 of the USNS Comfort's 500 beds were occupied.
During a White House briefing Friday, President Donald Trump said the lack of patients on the ship showed that New York City was healing.
Shortly after arriving from its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, the military's floating lifesaver was adjusted to receive coronavirus patients, halving its 1,000-bed capacity. On Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that his state is still struggling to contain the coronavirus outbreak citingMeanwhile, Cuomo and other governors across the nation are desperate to loosen restrictions and reopen businesses that were shuttered to help curb the outbreak that's killed more than 33,300 people in the United States.
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