Coronavirus deaths in America climb past 3,500, with 1,550 in New York State; Javits Center taking patients; CNN's Chris Cuomo, brother of NY governor, infected

'Please come help us in New York now,' Andrew Cuomo pleads, as day's 250 more victims bring number of dead to over 1,200

Trump says strong travel advisory to be issued instead of roping off hotspot; US death toll from coronavirus outbreak tops 2,100, including over 650 dead in New York City

With city currently facing biggest coronavirus outbreak in US, workers are increasingly concerned about disease hitting their own ranks, amid lack of testing and protective gear

City public health officials hunt down beds and medical equipment and put out a call for more doctors and nurses for fear the number of sick will explode in a matter of weeks

NY Governor Cuomo says USNS Comfort has 1,000 rooms, 'which will add capacity' to house those infected with COVID-19

Positive tests have come since Asisa clinic in Borough Park began testing Friday morning; so far ten percent of tests have come back positive

'I think that all New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter-in-place order,' de Blasio says, as number of infected in city of 8.6 million tops 800

De Blasio 'distraught at having to take this action,' fearing effect on tens of thousands who rely on schools for a hot meal, health workers, first responders with no childcare

SAR High School is at the center of the outbreak in New York City, which has spread to more than a dozen people in and around the Orthodox community of Westchester County