Westchester County Executive George Latimer said he expects to issue a state of emergency on Monday to increase the county's efforts to deal with the coronavirus.

"I spoke today with key school superintendents and the various mayors and supervisors to indicate my intention to coordinate our efforts with local governments and schools," Latimer said in a Facebook post on Saturday. "I had a productive conversation today with key hospital executives and they indicated they were making efforts to identify and capture the beds needed as this contagion advances to a more extreme level."

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No more details were released on Saturday. Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell issued a state of emergency for Putnam on Friday, which closed all county schools for five days starting on March 16.

"Every day brings a new challenge," Latimer said in his Facebook post. "We are told that caseload will double every few days and a week from today the numbers may start to look horrific. But we remain calm and we remain engaged in working diligently with all players to do what we have to do as quickly as we can."

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