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>> reporter: tonight, the battlefield in the war on the coronavirus expanding. new york's javits center, the city's convention facility, now being turned into a hospital. hospital beds and ventilators being delivered. the national guard on site. the goal here, to house 1,000 patients. governor andrew cuomo ordering all hospitals to increase capacity by 50%. there are more than 20,000 people infected with coronavirus in new york. >> this is going to get much worse before it gets better. >> reporter: the pentagon also readying ten field hospitals capable of holding a total of 1,550 beds. at least two will arrive within 72 hours to seattle in new york. and the situation in new york worrying other states. the governor of florida issuing an executive order mandating anyone flying from new york or new jersey to do a mandatory self-isolation for 14 days. >> hopefully that will be a deterrent for people.