The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has hit 100,000, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The sad milestone comes as Christians around the globe mark a Good Friday unlike any other - in front of computer screens instead of in church pews.
Meanwhile, some countries are tiptoeing toward reopening segments of their battered economies.
Public health officials are warning people against violating the social distancing rules over Easter and allowing the virus to flare up again.
Authorities are using roadblocks and other means to discourage travel.
Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported that coronavirus deaths in New York jumped by 777 in one day.
The number of people hospitalized is growing far less than last week, a possible sign the outbreak in New York is peaking.
"And when you take just a cursory review, you see caution signs. Hong Kong appeared to have the virus under control. They let its guard down, the virus came back. Hong Kong reported the biggest rises in cases in a new wave of infections."
The governor also pointed to China, Singapore and Italy.
And in Nevada, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nevada spiked overnight and brought the total statewide to more than 2,500.
State date published Friday reported that Nevada has 2,571 cases of the novel coronavirus.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports this was the seventh straight triple-digit rise in the daily updates posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services on the nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website.
The confirmed cases were drawn from tests on 22,595 people, representing an infection rate of just over 11%.
That number is likely elevated because an ongoing shortage of testing supplies has largely limited testing to the seriously ill.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
