New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew CuomoNew York City bus driver knocked out by passenger he told to wear a mask 44 percent of high earners have considered leaving New York City: poll Media's anti-Trump coronavirus spin has real consequences MORE (D) fired back at President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE on Monday after the president tweeted that he needed to "do more" to help fight the coronavirus.

"Just had a very good tele-conference with Nations’s Governors. Went very well. Cuomo of New York has to 'do more,' " Trump said in a since-deleted tweet.

“No — YOU have to do something!" Cuomo responded. "You’re supposed to be the President.”

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I have to do more?



No — YOU have to do something! You’re supposed to be the President. https://t.co/tYeDt1lcOZ — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 16, 2020

On the call, the president told governors that they should take the initiative to obtain ventilators, respirators and other equipment as the country deals with supply shortages and the number of cases increase, The New York Times reported.

Governors including Cuomo have set their own policies and held press conferences amid the outbreak, with Cuomo criticizing the federal government’s response as too slow. The New York governor called for Trump to activate the Army Corps of Engineers to expand hospital capacity across the country in a Sunday New York Times op-ed.

COVID-19 has infected more than 4,100 people in the U.S., resulting in 71 deaths and 17 recoveries, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. New York state has confirmed 729 cases and six deaths.