New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak. The state’s death toll since the beginning of the outbreak is now 5,489, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. More people have now died from the coronavirus in New York City than perished in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. At least 3,202 people have been killed in the city by the virus, according to a new count released by city health officials Tuesday. The deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil killed 2,753 people in the city and 2,977 overall, when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, 2001.

Dear Supporters and Friends of United Hatzalah, Eli, our beloved President and Founder, is currently stable and showing signs of improvement in Miami University Hospital. At this time he is still intubated because Eli’s condition was fluctuating over the past week. This is one of the challenges of this illness; it behaves in a very complex and unstable manner. His lungs have definitely shown signs of getting better. The doctors are optimistic, which is very encouraging. There is no doubt that all of the merits he is gaining from your good deeds and charity, and of course the prayers from all over the world, is helping him recover. Please G-d, he will be back on his feet very soon!

Yes, we are busy preparing for our pre-Pesach delivery of approximately $750,000 worth of essential Pesach foods, but we are also being bombarded with calls due to the unprecedented crisis. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW! If you need our help during this difficult time, please let us know immediately.Alternatively, if you are in a position to help others, there has never been a time when the need for your help was as great as it is right now.Every day, and sometimes every hour, I hear from individuals who have been completely unsettled financially by the current pandemic. Some were dismissed from jobs that kept their families afloat, while others are running businesses that have taken crippling financial hits. The details may be different, but each call represents another family in crisis.

New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health officials said Tuesday. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care with the virus. At least 3,202 people have died in New York from COVID-19, according to the count released by the city. The deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil killed 2,753 people in the city and 2,977 overall, when hijacked planes slammed into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001. New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths, its biggest one-day jump yet, for a statewide toll of nearly 5,500, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “Behind every one of those numbers is an individual.

The Navy’s acting secretary has been forced to apologize after a profanity-laden broadside in which he called the fired commander of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt “too naive or too stupid.” Thomas Modly issued a written apology Monday hours after President Donald Trump, at a White House news conference, described his comments about Capt. Brett E. Crozier as “rough.” At least 173 sailors aboard the ship had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Monday, and about 2,000 of the 4,865 crew members had been taken off the ship to be tested.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post nine months into the job after never holding a single press briefing. Grisham will be assuming a new role as chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump. She had continued to represent the first lady while also holding the titles of press secretary and White House communications director since June of last year. She will be replaced by two women who are familiar names in Trump world. Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany will be joining the administration as press secretary, while Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah will be moving to the White House in a strategic communications role.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW Tragic Petira of R’ Michel Tzvi Fettman Z”L from the COVID-19 virus. He was 39. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW The Niftar, a father of 9 children, was taken to Kimball Hospital in Lakewood five days ago for COVID-19 symptoms. Unfortunately, his condition deteriorated until his Petira on Monday afternoon. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW Originally from Boro Park, the Niftar had moved to Lakewood recently, and lived in the “Oak Vine” community. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW The Keren Yesomim fund campaign for the Fetman family is being overseen by the Bluzev Ruv of Lakewood Rabbi Naftali Schik Shlit”a. Mifal Hachesed Oak and Vine Tax ID-83-1440473 ​ Checks can be sent to: Mifal Hachesed Oak and Vine 43 Broadway ave Lakewood NJ 08701 Please add Fettman Fund in memo.

The Flatbush Community is reeling from the news of the petirah of Hagaon HaRav Nachum Cooper ZT”L from coronavirus yesterday, at age 58. As Rav Elya Brudny explained, Rav Nachum was “a towering gadol and a true gaon in the guise of a working person. His tzidkus, his yiras shamayim and his bekius were awe-inspiring.” Rav Yisroel Reisman, in whose Shul Rav Nachum delivered a popular Daf Yomi Shiur every night for many years, said that Rav Nachum “was one of the few true tzaddikim I was fortunate to know in my life.

The Passaic Jewish Community is in shock on Tuesday morning upon hearing of the Petira of Dr Elliott Samet Z”L. He was in his 60’s. Dr Samet has been one of the leading pediatricians for the Jewish community in Passaic for decades. Dr. Elliott Samet was a prominent board-certified pediatrician in the community, who was in practice for around 38 years. In addition to being an incredibly dedicated doctor, Dr Samet was a brilliant Talmid Chochom, and a tremendous Baal Tzedakah. His patients were always treated like his own children. So much so, that there was always a long line of kids and their parents at his house to show him and his wife their Purim costumes. He proudly hung all of the photos in his office. He was a founding Board Member of Passaic Hatzolah.

In light of the high rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in Chareidi communities in Israel and the difficulties that large families in small apartments have in self-quarantining, the Israeli government and the IDF organized three special “coronavirus hotels” for Chareidi patients in the north – the Kinor, Lavie and Ner Etzion. The hotel is managed by Home Front Command soldiers and hotel staff who stay in the green zone, where no one with the virus is allowed, and yellow zones, where the coronavirus patients sleep, eat and spend time. According to the report, both the staff and the Chareidi guests in the hotel are satisfied with the arrangement. The problem is that there are not enough guests – many Bnei Brak residents refused to come to the hotel.