On the day that the United States surpassed China as the country with the most known cases of the coronavirus, with more than 85,000, Governor Cuomo shared another grim statistic: 100 patients died in one day in New York.

The state’s total number of coronavirus deaths now stands at more than 430 — with 365 deaths in New York City as of yesterday evening. The number of people hospitalized for the virus in New York also jumped 40 percent yesterday, Mr. Cuomo said.

The news came in stark contrast to the optimistic briefing the governor gave on Wednesday, in which he pointed to the state’s slowing rate of hospitalizations.

New York State had nearly 39,000 confirmed cases as of yesterday morning, up more than 8,000 from Wednesday morning. As of yesterday evening, New York City had recorded more than 23,000 cases.