First COVID-19 deaths occurred in Bay Area in early February

The first known death from COVID-19 in the U.S. was believed to have occurred in Washington State in late February 2020, but the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner revealed on Tuesday that two individuals had died on Feb. 6 and Feb. 17 at home with coronavirus making them the first deaths recorded in the nation.

People missing out on stimulus checks because spouses are immigrants

Roughly 1.2 million U.S. citizens did not receive stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants who don’t have social security numbers and joint-filed their taxes.

Man says dad was turned away by 3 hospitals while sick with COVID-19, then died at home

Keith says his father should still be alive, but was turned away from receiving care and testing at Beaumont Grosse Pointe, Detroit Receiving and Henry Ford hospitals over the course of three days

Tens of thousands of dollars raised to feed Westchester hospital workers

After hitting an initial $10,000 goal, New Castle Town Supervisor Rob Greenstein started upping it in increments of $5,000 that soon grew to increments of $10,000. Most recently, he just raised his goal from $100,000 to $150,000.

The latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic for April 21, 2020

FOX 5 NY is updating this blog with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak so you can get the information in one spot.

Cuomo meets with Trump at White House to lobby for coronavirus help

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was at the White House on Tuesday to speak to President Trump about federal aid and help with coronavirus testing.

Bilingual coronavirus testing site opens in Washington Heights

SOMOS is a network of 2,400 physicians who care for almost 1 million patients in underserved communities across New York City.

US coronavirus cases top 800,000, according to Johns Hopkins

As of April 21, there were more than 43,000 deaths and 73,000 recoveries in the United States from the novel coronavirus.

New York no longer needs USNS Comfort hospital ship

Gov. Cuomo said that the USNS Comfort was helpful, but could now be sent elsewhere after being docked for weeks off of Manhattan. 

Elective surgeries can resume in parts of New York

The governor says elective treatments will be allowed in places where the COVID-19 outbreak is less severe.

Upset man accused of coughing on grocery items

A customer at a Colorado grocery store was cited on suspicion of intentionally coughing on another shopper's items after refusing to comply with social distancing rules, authorities said.

Dow tumbles 631 points as oil selloff deepens

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 515 points, or 2.18 percent, in the opening minutes of trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.76 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively.

Data breach reported on disaster loan application website

The Small Business Administration reported a potential data breach last month in its website that handles disaster loan applications.

FDNY EMT dies with coronavirus

Another member of the FDNY has died with the coronavirus.

FDA OKs 1st coronavirus test that allows self-swab at home

U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states.