New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference to discuss the first positive case of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in New York State on March 2, 2020 in New York City.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed five new COVID-19 cases in the state Wednesday — hours after he said that a family of four in Westchester all had the virus, bringing the state's total to at least 11.

"There was another person who has been tested who came in contact with the 50 -year-old lawyer," Cuomo said a press conference Wednesday afternoon. It was "a friend of the lawyer who spent time with and in close proximity in a number of situations. That person also tested positive, we then tested that person's wife, two sons and daughter and they all tested positive."

The cases all stem from a Westchester lawyer who worked in Manhattan and is in critical condition at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cuomo said. His case was confirmed Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, Cuomo said his family and a neighbor all contracted the virus. Cuomo then announced, around 4 p.m., that the lawyer also passed the virus on to a friend who passed it on to the rest of his family, Cuomo said, adding that the three children all attend the West Torah Academy.