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A woman wearing personal protective equipment crosses Main Street Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in the Flushing section of 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)

NYC residents should cover face when in public, mayor says

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

A woman wearing personal protective equipment crosses Main Street Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in the Flushing section of 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)

Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods

By DEEPTI HAJELA and CLAUDIA TORRENS and MEGHAN HOYER - 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’: NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

By JAKE SEINER and JOHN MINCHILLO - Associated Press

New York Go. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks as he stands beside Rear Adm. John B. Mustin after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ROBERT BURNS and BEN FOX - Associated Press

A patient arrives at the Samaritan's Purse field hospital in New York's Central Park, , Wednesday, April 1, 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/Mary Altaffer)

Evangelicals say no faith test at NYC field hospital

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Registered Nurse Elizabeth Schafer, 36, of South St. Paul, Minn., stands for a portrait before entering Beth Israel Mount Sinai Hospital for her second day volunteering to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in New York. Schafer left her home in the Midwest to volunteer in New York where she says the situation inside the hospital is grim. &quot;I took an oath as a nurse to do no harm and just go where I was needed,&quot; Schafer said. &quot;I told my students, you step up to the plate when you're needed as a nurse, all the time, no matter what. And so right now, you either go to the West Coast or the East Coast as a nurse. And so here I am.&quot; (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Call for virus volunteers yields army of health care workers

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

The Empire State building is lit in red and white lights to honor emergency medical workers 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)

New York state’s virus deaths jump to more than 1,900

By ROBERT BUMSTED and MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies into a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in 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)

Andrew Cuomo: Coronavirus deaths in New York hit 1,941

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York. Amazon fired a worker who staged the walkout to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus, saying the employee himself flaunted distancing rules and put others at risk. The decision prompted a rebuke from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File )

Amazon fires warehouse worker who staged walkout

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

A body wrapped in plastic that was unloaded from a refrigerated truck is handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The body was moved to a hearse to be removed to a mortuary. 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)

COVID-19 deaths climb in NY; Chris Cuomo tests positive

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York. Amazon fired a worker who staged the walkout to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus, saying the employee himself flaunted distancing rules and put others at risk. The decision prompted a rebuke from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File )

Christian Smalls, Amazon worker, fired after leading coronavirus walkout

By Alexandra Olson and Mae Anderson - 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. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FILE**

House Republican wants answers about NYC inmate releases

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, listens as others speak during a press briefing after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Bill de Blasio: Peak for coronavirus in NYC might not hit until May

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A man crosses the street in a nearly empty Times Square, which is usually very crowded on a weekday morning, Monday, March 23, 2020 in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered most New Yorkers to stay home from work to slow the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Left-wing activists demand Trump’s ouster, more aid during lightly-attended Times Square rally

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

The USNS Comfort hospital ship passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The USNS Comfort 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)

USNS Comfort arrives in New York

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this March 28, 2020, photo provided by the New York City Mayoral Photography Office, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio helps load a carton containing some of 250,000 face masks into a truck on a loading dock at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. donated the masks for New York City's fight against the coronavirus. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor: ‘Sunday is D-Day — we need help by Sunday’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, gestures during a brief news conference as he stands beside a Rear Adm. John B. Mustin as the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, pulls into Pier 90 Monday, March 30, 2020, in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York death toll from coronavirus tops 1,200

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Patients wait in line while wearing protective masks and gloves for a COVID-19 test at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in 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)

What to know about the coronavirus numbers in New York

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press