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WATCH: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio gives coronavirus update

By Courtney Vinopal

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a news conference to give an update on the city’s efforts to fight the novel coronavirus.

WATCH: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio gives coronavirus update

By Michael Hill and Marina Villeneuve, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

De Blasio is scheduled to speak at 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch his remarks here.

As virus kills, NYC shortens deadline for claiming dead

By Michael R. Sisak, John Minchillo, Associated Press

The medical examiner's office says it will now keep bodies in storage for just 14 days before they're buried in the city's potter's field on Hart Island.

WATCH: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gives coronavirus update

By Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gave an update on how the city is addressing the novel coronavirus on Thursday.

New York City sees biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

By Michael Hill and Marina Villeneuve, Karen Matthews, Associated Press

New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state's death toll since the beginning of the outbreak is now 5,489.

NYC mayor urges national enlistment program for doctors

By Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses to handle an expected surge in coronavirus cases in New York and other places around the country.

Hospitals dread the prospect of deciding whom to treat first

By Candice Choi, Lori Hinnant, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

U.S. hospitals are bracing for a surge in coronavirus patients who need ventilators and other resources that could soon be in critically short supply.

Spain's COVID-19 cases surpass China, U.S. cities brace for uptick

By Aritz Parra, David Rising, Associated Press

Three-quarters of a million people around the world have become infected and over 35,000 have died, according to a running count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

WATCH: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks following arrival of Navy hospital ship

By Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald Trump's suggestion that thousands of medical masks are disappearing from New York City hospitals is "insulting" to front-line medical workers.

U.S. Navy hospital ship heading to NYC for coronavirus aid

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump will send off a naval hospital ship Saturday before it heads to New York City, as he aims to highlight the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.