New York state coronavirus cases double, Senate passes $8.3 billion spending bill

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people who have the novel coronavirus in New York state doubled to 22 on Thursday following an increase in testing, as Tennessee and the city of San Francisco reported cases of the fast-spreading illness for the first time. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told a news conference testing expanded after the federal government approved its use of additional laboratories, boosting capacity. "Those numbers are going to keep going up," Cuomo said.