SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon today said the county acquired 60 ventilators to be on hand when desperately ill patients with COVID-19 need help breathing.

Where did he get them? None of your business.

Same with coronavirus test kits.

While other Upstate counties have run so low on test kits that they only test healthcare workers and the most severe cases for COVID-19, Onondaga County continues to test everyone with symptoms who seeks a test. The county has enough test kits to last through mid-week at least, McMahon said.

Where did they come from? He’s not saying.

The equipment needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic is in short supply. McMahon does not want to invite more competition for fear it could drive up prices.

“We’re not going to give away our supply chains right now because it is that competitive,’’ McMahon said.

For now, the war against coronavirus is being fought county by county, each county fending for itself. The same is true for states. Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said New York must bid for vital equipment against other states, driving up the price for everyone.

“This is not the way to do it,’’ Cuomo said. “This is ad hoc. I’m competing with other states. I’m bidding up other states on the prices.’’

Cuomo said the federal government should invoke the federal Defense Production Act to require manufacturers to supply equipment to fight the pandemic.

Asked whether New York counties are working together or competing during this health crisis, McMahon said the responsibility has been left to local leaders to supply their communities with test kits and other materials.

“Everybody to a degree has a responsibility to your community to try and get a supply chain,’’ he said. “Other communities have run out of tests. … We’ve never had that challenge yet.’’