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This Sept. 19, 2019, photo provided by Jonathan David Bass shows Dr. Doug Bass. As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass' family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he served as medical director. Doug Bass, 64, died suddenly in March 2020 after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus. (Bass Family Photo via AP)

Doctor’s death highlights limits of coronavirus death count

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

A woman leaves Elmhurst Hospital Center after being tested for COVID-19 or coronavirus during the current viral pandemic, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Mayor says virus has hit black, Hispanic New Yorkers hard

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2020 photo made available by World Central Kitchen, Chef Jose Andres, right, and Nate Mook discuss meal distribution to first responders in Washington, DC. Andres, whose 30-plus restaurants in the US include The Bazaar, Jaleo and the two Michelin-starred Somni, founded World Central Kitchen in 2010, serving over 15 million meals worldwide after hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, his organization has served more than 750,000 meals. (Mike Jett/World Central Kitchen via AP)

Celeb chefs unite to feed hungry, help bleeding restaurants

By KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 28, 2020. Comfort is deploying in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. (Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Sheppard/U.S. Navy via AP)

‘A lot of pain.’ NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the USTA Indoor Training Center where a 350-bed temporary hospital will be built Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bill de Blasio: Number of people needing ventilators has ‘improved’ in recent days

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

People wearing face masks walk at a downtown street in Hong Kong Monday, April 6, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spread

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This Jan. 18, 2019, file photo shows Drew Pinsky speaking at the 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in Burbank, Calif. Pinsky has apologized for a series of statements unspooled in a recent video where he downplayed the coronavirus and suggested that it was a “press-induced panic.” (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Dr. Drew Pinsky apologizes for coronavirus comments

By David Bauder - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference alongside the National Guard at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Andrew Cuomo, N.Y. gov., cites ‘possible flattening’ of coronavirus curve in recent days

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19. AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Andrew Cuomo: Trump granted request to allow USNS Comfort to accept coronavirus patients

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. coronavirus hot spots New York, New Jersey, Detroit turn corner

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a mask walks on Roosevelt Avenue Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NY’s death count nears 4,200, but there’s a glimmer of hope

By JIM MUSTIAN and DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Sonika Randev, a hospital physician in New York City, tested positive for COVID-19 last month. She is now heading to the front lines. (Photograph provided by Sonika Randev)

Sonika Randev, New York doctor, recovers from coronavirus, rejoins fight

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

This video frame grab provided by Office of the Governor, shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a news conference in Albany, NY, Saturday, April 4, 2020. (Office of the Governor via AP)

NY gets 1,100 ventilators with help from China, Oregon

By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a woman walks through a lightly trafficked Times Square in New York, March 16, 2020. As of Sunday, nearly 2,000 people with the virus have been hospitalized in the state of New York and 114 have died, officials said. More than 15,000 have tested positive statewide, including 9,000 in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A gentler Gotham? NYers anxiously wait out coronavirus

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

A body wrapped in plastic is prepared to be loaded onto a refrigerated container truck used as a temporary morgue by medical workers due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows

By CLAUDIA LAUER and JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supplies landed in New York’s JFK airport. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Russia to the rescue? US, Moscow spar over aid deliveries

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This April 2, 2017 photo, shows Anick Jesdanun in New York. Jesdanun, 51, deputy technology editor for The Associated Press, died in New York City on Thursday, April 2, 2020, of coronavirus-related complications, his family said. For two decades, he was a journalist who helped a generation of readers understand the emerging internet and its impact on the world. (AP Photo/Mae Anderson)

Anick Jesdanun, longtime AP technology writer, dies at 51

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, is interviewed in his body holding facility, hoping for assistance in handling the overflow of clients stemming from COVID-19 deaths, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Like many funeral homes in New York and around the globe, Marmo's business is in crisis. &quot;This is a state of emergency,&quot; he said. &quot;We need help.&quot; (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Surreal’: N.Y. funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

By Jake Seiner and John Mincillo - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2020 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the USTA Indoor Training Center. On April 11, 2020, Mr. de Blasio announced the city's public schools would remain closed through the end of the academic year. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) **FILE**

Cuomo orders shift in ventilators to overwhelmed hospitals

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 file photo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference against a backdrop of medical supplies at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. Cuomo, a Democrat, ripped the GOP-led Senate's version of the coronavirus package as &quot;terrible&quot; for New York and said, based on preliminary reports, that it would send the state some $4 billion in direct aid. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

As budget passes, Cuomo says: ‘The state has no money’

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press