New York saw its highest daily increases in coronavirus deaths and cases overnight as the number of positives reached another milestone, eclipsing the total reported in China’s Hubei province, where the pandemic started. Nearly 10,000 new cases were added to the state’s new toll of 75,795 — and the governor’s brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, can be counted among them….

The governor announced Tuesday that his brother Chris Cuomo has COVID-19, while talking about their relationship and how the family is dealing with the diagnosis.

“This virus communicates like nothing else that we have seen.” That’s how Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the awesome threat of the novel coronavirus on MSNBC late Monday, saying the only reason his state is the most impacted now is because of its density. It’s America’s first epicenter but won’t be the last, he said, warning the trend would follow...

A New Jersey National Guardsman is the first service member to die from the novel coronavirus, the Department of Defense said.

New York City has reported its first death of a child to COVID-19, one of hundreds new state fatalities overnight that brought the grim toll to 1,342 by Monday evening, officials said. The age of the minor wasn’t released, but the victim did have an underlying condition. The sobering news comes as the city’s health commissioner warns the upcoming...

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a Georgia man used concerns over the coronavirus in a bid to defraud Medicare out of more than $1.1 million.

 With restaurants closed for all but takeout orders during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of a pizzeria at the Jersey Shore could have shut down and laid off their 20 employees

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection issued a 14-day travel advisory Saturday night at the request of President Donald Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force. “Due to extensive community transmission of COIVD-19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately,” the…

New Jersey officials are bringing formal charges against a man for throwing a house party — an action in direct contradiction with the state’s order to practice social distancing. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said a 54-year-old man hosted nearly 50 people inside his Ewing Township apartment. Prosecutors are charging the man with two disorderly persons citations. Ewing police broke…

UPDATE: NY COVID-19 Cases Doubling Every 3 Days; 50% of All New U.S. Cases Coming From Metro Area, Feds Say Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded his loudest alarm yet on New York’s coronavirus crisis Tuesday, warning the curve was showing no signs of flattening out and was in fact rising faster and more dangerously than projected. He said last week that…

New York state is officially on “pause” but still in a desperate race to curb a pandemic that has shown no signs of slowing, as COVID-19 cases surged past 23,000 cases by the end of the day Monday, an increase of nearly 7,000 from Sunday. At least 183 people have died in the Empire State — about 1 percent of…

UPDATE: ‘This Is Not a Joke:’ Cuomo Rips NYC Over Crowds as State Case Total Nears 21,000  President Trump on Sunday addressed the nation, announcing a number of federal actions his administration was undertaking to assist New York, California and Washington – the three states hit hardest by the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. The president’s address began hours before New…

Three members of the same New Jersey family have died from the coronavirus and four other family members remain hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 as cases continue to rise across the country.

Two people died from coronavirus-related deaths in New York – the state’s first reported deaths – and a second people died in New Jersey, the governors from both states announced Saturday. A woman in her 50s died in Monmouth County, Governor Phil Murphy tweeted Saturday night. It was not immediately clear if the woman had any previous or underlying health…

On Friday, New Yorkers experienced their famously bustling city slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic: no Broadway, no major sporting events or concerts, emptying offices, “ghost town” transit hubs — and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis that officials warned will last for months. Underlining the threat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that New York is now among the hardest-hit…

Authorities say a convenience store owner in New Jersey created and sold a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

UPDATE: Cuomo Says Fed COVID-19 Response May Be ‘Public Health Version of Hurricane Katrina’ New Jersey reported its first COVID-19-related death — a 69-year-old man from Bergen County — as New York unveiled the most stringent measures seen in the U.S. so far to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in Westchester County. The Little Ferry victim was later identified…

Passengers’ fears over the possible spread of the coronovirus appear to be the cause of a plane’s unscheduled landing. Officials say a group of people became disruptive because a neighboring passenger was coughing and sneezing on Sunday’s flight from Eagle County, Colorado, to Newark International Airport. The United Airlines plane diverted to Denver, where police officials told KUSA-TV three people...

UPDATE: Tri-State at 93 COVID-19 Cases and Counting New York added 22 new coronavirus cases Friday, including four Manhattan cases and more in Westchester County, bringing the state’s total to 45, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Many of the new cases are connected to the Westchester cluster that started with the midtown Manhattan lawyer, the first…

Overall, there have been 49 total cases found in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with the biggest portion of infected patients coming from Westchester County