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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

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

In this April 7, 2020, photo, Erica Harris, right, and her daughter Jordan, wear their protective masks as they walk back home after getting a lunch and homework from the child’s school on Chicago’s Southside in Chicago. As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population, black Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans

By KAT STAFFORD and MEGHAN HOYER and AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Ambulance attendants wheel a patient to a waiting ambulance outside Elmhurst Hospital Center during the current coronavirus outbreak, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in New York. New York Gov Andrrew Cuomo said last week some patients could be moved from New York City hospitals to other medical facilities to alleviate overcrowding. 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)

Andrew Cuomo reports 779 new deaths in New York, single-day high amid outbreak

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

Local residents watch as the USNS Comfort departs Hampton Roads en route to New York to help in the response to the coronavirus outbreak Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Navy crew member aboard USNS Comfort tests positive for COVID-19

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

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

In this Oct. 2, 2010, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Mark Hamilton bats during a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in St. Louis. On Friday, April 10, 2020, under an accelerated schedule prompted by dire circumstances, the former big leaguer is set to graduate a month early from medical school on Long Island. Next stop for the rookie doc, most likely, the first-hand fight against the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) **FILE**

Ex-MLB player finishes medical school, primes to fight virus

By Ben Walker - 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

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

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

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

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen. Trump in recent days has grumbled that American companies such as 3M and GM are not doing enough to provide American medical workers and first responders with vital equipment they need. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push his broader agenda

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

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

Police: Suspects in killing of jewelry store owner arrested

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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 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

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

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