Gov. Andrew Cuomo provides updates at his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in New York. RELATED: How the CARES Act will affect mortgages | Coronavirus Conversations • How the CARES Act will affect mortgages | ... The U.S. death toll spiked sharply, sick workers were putting a strain on the nation's meat supply, and New York City added thousands of deaths to its total as the coronavirus pandemic tightened its grip on the nation Wednesday. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/3cnnOIx » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.