Here in New York, the epicenter of the pandemic, over 11,500 people have died of COVID-19. Governor Andrew Cuomo said that, beginning Friday, all New Yorkers will be required to wear face coverings in public when social distancing is not possible.
Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced a $170 million plan to provide food aid to New Yorkers increasingly at risk of going hungry. De Blasio said over 200 New York City residents are dying in their homes each day, with the vast majority of those deaths due to COVID-19.
In the small town of Andover, New Jersey, police discovered the bodies of 17 people stuffed in a small morgue at one of the state’s largest nursing homes, after receiving an anonymous tip. At least 68 recent deaths have been linked to the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center.