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  • next to the scramble for information and testing for the sick.

  • So many people taking officials warning seriously and hunkering down.

  • Now at home, hoping to stop the spiral of cases.

  • New York State Reporting its 1st 2 fatalities.

  • Here's NBC's Dia Macedo.

  • Tonight, New York is reporting its first to Corona virus deaths as Cove in 19 spreads across the country.

  • Mayor Bill de Blasio confirms an 82 year old woman died after being admitted to the hospital last week in critical condition.

  • She was also battling advanced emphysema.

  • It's unknown how she got Cove in 19 and another 65 year old victim with underlying health issues died in Rockland County.

  • We're going into a full crisis footing.

  • This is a wartime dynamic.

  • New York state is now reporting 524 cases.

  • This is a virus that does not threaten all segments of our society.

  • Equally, this map shows what nationwide cases look like.

  • Just two weeks ago at the time, the virus was confirmed in just nine states, and the first death had just been announced in Washington.

  • Tonight, 49 states air confirming cases plus the District of Columbia with more than 50 deaths nationwide.

  • West Virginia is now the Onley state, with no reported cases of covert 19 the common complaint lack of thorough testing.

  • We don't feel like we have enough tests.

  • I don't think anybody feels like they have enough testing.

  • Local governments are trying to catch up with DR through testing sites in San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Birmingham all the way to New Rochelle, New York, where residents with symptoms have to call a hotline to schedule a test.

  • Each city has a different protocol.

  • Meanwhile, the president is promising a website to help streamline the testing process.

  • But tonight questions are mounting about that this is nationwide.

  • At least 46,000 schools have closed, keeping some 26 million students at home for the first time ever.

  • Apple is closing all of its stores worldwide, with the exception of China.

  • For two weeks and tonight, retailers say they're working with suppliers to keep up with heavy demand for cleaning supplies, toilet paper and hand sanitizer.

  • We're still replenishing it and shipping it, but as soon as it hits the stores, it's going all right.

  • Diane Mosquito joins us now live from Times Square and dying.

  • We are just getting some breaking news and, as you were reporting there about an outbreak not too far from Times Square in nearby New Jersey.

  • That's right, Tom Teaneck, New Jersey, is reporting 18 cases.

  • The mayor there is now asking people to quarantine there and not leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.

  • He says he believes people may have been walking around with cases for four weeks now, so Cantina Tech, Teaneck, New Jersey rather asking residents there to self quarantine, using the language that this is now ground zero for this virus, Tom Diane misstated with that breaking news just in tonight.

  • All right, Diane.

  • Thank you.

  • Hi, everyone.

  • George Stephanopoulos here.

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