A ventilator | Mark Lennihan/AP Photo New York sending 100 ventilators to New Jersey

New York is sending 100 ventilators to New Jersey as the Garden State readies its hospitals for an anticipated peak in Covid-19 cases in the coming days.

“My deepest gratitude to [New York] Governor Andrew Cuomo,” Gov. Phil Murphy said today during his daily coronavirus briefing. “Neighbors look out for each other, and to Governor Cuomo, thank you and we will return the favor.”


The transfer, which was first announced by Cuomo earlier today, comes less than a week after New Jersey’s Department of Health issued guidance on how hospitals should allocate ventilators in the event health systems are overwhelmed by the number of patients requiring intubation.

As of 10 p.m. Wednesday, New Jersey hospitals had 1,645 patients on ventilators, representing 56 percent of the state’s overall capacity. The total number of ventilators in use has hovered between 1,600 and 1,700 for most of the last week.

"The wave hasn’t crested in New Jersey. They’re our neighbors, anything we can do to help, I’ve told Gov. Murphy, all he has to do is ask — we’re here," Cuomo said today.

Shannon Young contributed to this report.