New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he is doubling to $1,000 the maximum fine for violating the state's strict social distancing rules during the coronavirus outbreak.

The reason: Too many New Yorkers aren't taking the rules seriously, he said. He spoke less than a week before Easter and two days before the start of Passover at sundown Wednesday.

"It's not about your life," Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany. "You don't have the right to risk someone else's life."

"You don't have the right, frankly, to take health-care staff and people who are literally putting their lives on the line and be cavalier or reckless with them. You just don't have the right," Cuomo said.

At his daily briefing, the governor also announced 8,658 new cases in the state, bringing the total tally to 130,689.

He said 4,758 people have died from the virus across the state, up from 4,159 the prior day. The count of daily new deaths has been "effectively flat for two days," Cuomo said, a sign that the "curve" of the virus in New York might be near its peak.

The daily rate of new hospital admissions has also dropped, Cuomo said. A chart next to him showed 358 new hospitalizations for Sunday, compared with 574 for Saturday and 1,095 on Friday.

Cuomo added that intensive care admissions have fallen, as well. Another graphic at the press conference showed 128 new daily ICU admissions, down from 250 on Saturday.

"The flattening, possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen," Cuomo said.