New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Bill de BlasioDe Blasio to furlough himself, 494 other staff members amid financial crunch: report The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Trump's West Coast campaign swing NY cancels traditional Macy's Thanksgiving parade, will hold virtual event MORE (D) said Wednesday that the city needs 400 ventilators and 3.3 million face masks by Sunday.

"Supplies continue to come in at a very rapid rate, and they go out right away to hospitals all over the city and to first responders. The speed has become remarkable," de Blasio said at a press conference.

"We’re going to need the masks, the N95s, gowns. Every single week, we are going to need more of that," he added.

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The mayor also said the city is working on getting more health care workers now that hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

“They need to see reinforcements come. They need to see some downtime,” de Blasio added. “They need a chance to get some downtime to finally recover.”

On Tuesday, de Blasio said the “horizon of deepest concern” for the city will be April and May, moments after announcing that part of the tennis stadium that hosts the U.S. Open will be turned into a field hospital.

Hours earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo44 percent of high earners have considered leaving New York City: poll Media's anti-Trump coronavirus spin has real consequences In defense of Trump's efforts to quell pandemic panic MORE (D) said he plans to close New York City playgrounds and called for the New York City Police Department to enforce social distancing rules.

As of Wednesday evening, New York has confirmed more than 83,000 coronavirus cases and reported 1,940 deaths.