New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew CuomoThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump, GOP allies prepare for SCOTUS nomination this week Fearless Girl statue in NYC dressed in lace collar to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg NYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' MORE (D) said Tuesday that his brother CNN anchor Chris Cuomo Chris CuomoCNN's Lemon: 'We're going to have to blow up the entire system' if Democrats win back White House, Senate Giuliani criticizes NYC leadership: 'They're killing this city' CNN's Don Lemon calls on Biden to 'stand at a podium' in addressing violence MORE’s diagnosis of COVID-19 shows the importance of social distancing.

Andrew Cuomo commented on his brother’s Tuesday diagnosis at his daily press conference, saying “there’s a lesson” in his contraction of the coronavirus.

“He is going to be fine; he’s young, in good shape, strong — not as strong as he thinks — but he will be fine," he said. "But there’s a lesson in this."

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The New York governor said his brother had been “out there” as an essential worker and a member of the press, putting him at risk of contracting the virus.

“The reason I raise it is he’s smart. He’s social distancing, yes, but you wind up exposing yourself,” the governor said. “People wind up exposing you, and then they find out they're positive a couple of days later.”

Andrew Cuomo also discussed his disagreements with his brother over his mother staying at the CNN anchor’s house two weeks ago. The governor said his brother was “acting out of love,” but said he had cautioned that their mother, the former first lady of New York, Matilda Cuomo, could be exposed to the virus.

He said the family would have been in a “much different situation” if she had stayed and likely would have contracted the virus from Chris Cuomo.

“Now he’s quarantined in the basement, but he’s funny as heck, he says to me, ‘Even the dogs won’t come downstairs,’” the governor said, adding that his brother will be in quarantine for two weeks.

“But it’s my family. It’s your family. It’s all of our families,” Andrew Cuomo said. “And this virus is that insidious.”

The coronavirus has devastated New York state, infecting more than 75,700 people and leading to 1,550 deaths, the governor said during the Tuesday press conference. There were 9,298 new cases and 332 more deaths.