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The New Jersey governor postponed plans to allow indoor dining this week, and New York officials are considering a similar pause.

The inflammatory syndrome, which health officials said resembles toxic shock, has killed three children in the state, and Mayor Bill de Blasio urged parents to watch for symptoms.

The factors that made the city one of the hardest hit on the planet — its density, mass transit and tourism — complicate a return to normalcy.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York was working with the C.D.C. to investigate a mysterious illness linked to the coronavirus that causes life-threatening inflammation in children.

California, New Jersey and New York have made nursing homes accept Covid-19 patients from hospitals. Residents and workers fear the policy is risking lives.

The preliminary data suggests that many more New Yorkers may have been infected than was previously believed.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Friday that there had been 562 deaths due to the virus over the previous 24 hours, a higher toll than the state saw in the first 27 days of March.

Untold thousands will likely die, absent federal intervention. And it needs to happen this instant. Why won’t the president help?

The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Hand washing can’t prevent our thousands of students, faculty and staff at Stuyvesant High from getting infected and infecting loved ones.

The mayor revealed that figure as officials said 11 new coronavirus cases had been identified in the state, bringing the total to 22.