Laboratories in New York will soon be able to conduct 6,000 tests of the novel coronavirus each day after the Food and Drug Administration granted the state permission to certify testing facilities, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.

Mr. Cuomo and other state officials had been urging the federal government for weeks to give New York the capability to manage its own lab system, saying that quick testing would help to stem the rise of cases. The FDA granted the state permission on Thursday night.

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