Coronavirus: NBA, Knicks, Nets work with Chinese official to donate 1M surgical masks to New York

The NBA and two professional basketball teams are working with a Chinese official to provide 1 million surgical masks to "essential workers" in New York.

According to Reuters, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the donation – a collaborative effort involving the league, the New York Knicks, the Brooklyn Nets and Chinese Consul General Huang Ping – Saturday on social media.

"New York thanks you," Cuomo tweeted Saturday afternoon. "We are beyond grateful for this gift of critically needed PPE."

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NEW: The @NBA is contributing 1 million desperately needed surgical masks for New York's essential workers in collaboration with @nyknicks, @BrooklynNets and China's Consul General Huang Ping.

New York thanks you.

We are beyond grateful for this gift of critically needed PPE.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 4, 2020

As of Sunday morning, New York had reported at least 114,174 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 3,565 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.