Coronavirus cases have been climbing steadily over the past two months in New York City and State, but while local public health leaders are watching carefully, they say there’s a hopeful wrinkle: so far relatively few people are getting sick enough to be hospitalized.

WNYC’s Health and Government Reporter, Fred Mogul, talked to the experts about the reasons for the modest increase -- and whether this is the "calm before the storm." Listen to his conversation with host Sean Carlson, above.