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Andrew Cuomo's Office Cuomo Orders All Residents To Wear Face Masks Or Covering In Public Erica Brosnan LATEST NYC CORONAVIRUS NEWS Frontline MTA Workers To Get Priority COVID-19 Testing Under New Partnership Sign up for WCBS 880's daily newsletter for the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The MTA and Northwell Health have announced a new partnership to increase coronavirus testing for frontline transit workers."Under this new agreement with Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, symptomatic transportation workers will receive priority access to evaluation, care and testing at 52 Northwell locations across the MTA Service region with no out-of-pocket costs to our employees," MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foy said Wednesday.Foye said Northwell can test about 50 transit workers a day."As the largest employer of healthcare workers in the state, we understand how vital it is to have a functioning mass transit system during this time of unprecedented challenges," said Northwell Health President and CEO Michael J. Dowling. "Untold numbers of our own employees depend on mass transit to get to work each day. Our relationship with the MTA is a mutually essential one and we look forward to partnering together in the days and weeks to come to make sure that MTA workers can get tested at our more than 50 urgent care locations around the region."More than 2,000 MTA employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and 59 have died.This week, Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care centers also started testing first responders from city agencies. Northwell Health-GoHealth will be reaching out to MTA workers who have identified themselves as symptomatic starting Friday. Stay informed, stay connected — follow WCBS 880 on Facebook and Twitter. Download the RADIO.COM app + favorite WCBS 880 for breaking news, traffic and weather alerts. April 15, 2020 Long Island Nurse: 'Little Acts Of Kindness Go A Long Way' Sign up for WCBS 880's daily newsletter for the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.MINEOLA, N.Y. (WCBS 880) — For health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, every smile, every food delivery, every thank you and every kind word makes a difference. Valerie Terzano, vice president of nursing and patient care at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, says when walks outside a simple "thank you" or a thumbs up from six feet away means so much."Human connection is really key and even though it is important to maintain social distancing at six feet away, that basic need to connect and make a difference and make an impact is so strong in the human spirit," Terzano said.They receive tons of food daily, even boxes of Girl Scout cookies and more."The little acts of kindness go a long way. Just the other day we had 151 cases of Girl Scout cases brought to the hospital and the staff just loved it. We've had pizza, snacks, health meals, drinks, water. It gives them a lift. After a hrd day they're looking and this is the thanks they get and that's what they need," Terzano said. "The amount of food and support is overwhelming and so important for our staff."She said she was brought to tears as she read cards from people in nearby communities and from out of state, including Vermont, Florida and Massachusetts."I was crying in my office reading them and sharing them with the rest of my staff," Terzano said.There was also a parade over the weekend to thank the staff.Health care workers across all of New York have been feeling the love since the crisis started.Southside Hospital on Tuesday hosted a celebration of hope and every night at 7 p.m. New York City residents take part in a citywide applause to show their appreciation for all of the doctors, nurses, first responders and other essential workers.How we say THANK YOU!To every single hero working at @HSpecialSurgery, the members of the 19th Precinct want you to know we appreciate you more than words can describe! Stay strong—we are in this TOGETHER! pic.twitter.com/4rgw9qpaSn— NYPD 19th Precinct (Stay home. Stop the spread.) (@NYPD19Pct) April 11, 2020 Patrol cars with the Upper East Side's 19th Precinct have been blasting Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York' during the nightly show of gratitude to medical staff.Stay informed, stay connected — follow WCBS 880 on Facebook and Twitter. Download the RADIO.COM app + favorite WCBS 880 for breaking news, traffic and weather alerts. April 15, 2020 NJ Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 3K; Statewide Cases Over 71K Sign up for WCBS 880's daily newsletter for the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.NEWARK (WCBS 880) -- Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday over 350 more deaths had been reported in the state, bringing the death toll to more than 3,000.Holding a COVID-19 briefing. WATCH: https://t.co/sqfHgNKpN5— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 15, 2020 Murphy said the 351 new deaths meant 3,156 New Jerseyans had now been lost to the virus.The state also reported an additional 2,625 positive test results, bringing the state's total number of cases to 71,030.Some 8,270 residents are hospitalized and 1,980 are in critical or intensive care, Murphy said. At least 1,705 ventilators are in use. We lost another 351 New Jerseyans yesterday due to #COVID19 related complications.We’ve now lost 3,156 New Jerseyans to this disease.These lives should be the inspiration we need to keep working to defeat COVID-19 and to lower the toll this enemy is having on our state.— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 15, 2020 Murphy said New Jersey continues to be among the most aggressive states in the nation when it comes to testing."We’ve conducted the fourth-most tests among all states. The only states which have conducted more are states with significantly larger populations," the governor said.He said the state has also increased hospital capacity statewide by 60 percent; set up three field medical stations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and has set aside beds for N...