New York’s daily death toll from the novel coronavirusis continuing to drop, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, and now health officials are closely studying the outbreak’s trajectory to determine whether its decline will be quick or gradual.

The hard-hit state recorded 478 deaths because of Covid-19 on Sunday, marking the fourth consecutive day of a decline in fatalities, Mr. Cuomo said. New York has so far counted 14,347 confirmed virus-related deaths.

...