THERE ARE 29 NEW CASES OF THE CITY INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE FDNY, 183 IN THE FIVE BOROUGHS. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH CBS2'S SCOTT RAPOPORT LIVE IN THE THEATER DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN SO EMPTY SINCE BROADWAY SHUT DOWN. Reporter: AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS ANYTHING BUT A TYPICAL SATURDAY NIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. YOU CAN SEE THE STREETS ARE VIRTUALLY EMPTY. ALL BROADWAY THEATERS ARE CLOSED. INDEED, CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK HERE. BUT NOW, NEWS OF THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS RELATED DEATHS IN NEW YORK. VERY, VERY SAD TO ALL OF US TO HEAR THE DEATH OF THE FIRST NEW YORKER TO DIE RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS. Reporter: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS THE SOBERING INEVIDENT NEWS. AN 82-YEAR-OLD WOMAN PREVIOUSLY HOSPITALIZED WITH EMPHYSEMA. SHE DIED LAST NIGHT AT WYCOFF MEDICAL CENTER IN BROOKLYN AFTER CHECKING IN MARCH 3. YOU'LL SEE OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL WITH UNDERLYING RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES WHO GET THE CORONAVIRUS.
THEY WILL BE IN A GRAVE SITUATION. Reporter: THUS FAR, MORE THAN 500 NEW YORKERS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. THE MOST CASES OF ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY. BUT GOVERNOR CUOMO BELIEVES AS MANY AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS ALREADY HAVE COVID- 19. HE SAYS NEW YORK'S CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS ARE SPIKING BECAUSE TESTING CAPACITY IS GOING UP, AND MORE CONFIRMED CASES ARE EXPECTED. WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THIS WILL GO ON FOR MONTHS. VERY CLEAR WHO IS MOST VULNERABLE. THE OLDER FOLKS WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. Reporter: HOSPITALS IN OUR AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE PREPARING. CUOMO SAYS NEW YORK HAS 50,000 HOSPITAL BEDS. 3,000 OF WHICH ARE BEING USED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH COMMISSIONER IS ASKING EVERYONE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL NEW YORKER TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR SO THAT WHEN WE SAY DON'T GO TO WORK IF YOU'RE SICK, DON'T SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL IF THEY ARE SICK, IT HAS IMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL'S FAMILY, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL'S COMMUNITY.
IT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR ALL OF US. Reporter: AND NOW, THIS JUST IN. ALL MASSES IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK HAVE BEEN CANCELED BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND. CHURCHES WILL BE OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER..
