COVID-19 Tributes

Georgia has administered more than 500,000 COVID-19 tests with more than 1,900 deaths reported across the state, according to data released by the Department of Public Health.

It was a special send-off for a World War II veteran who died alone during the pandemic, laid to rest with a flyover by Warbirds Adventures.

The daily coronavirus death toll increased slightly though the trend continues down, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.

Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 32 new deaths from the COVID-19 Thursday--a new single-day high--as the state's death toll from the disease rose to 809. 

After Rene Johnson contracted COVID-19 and was admitted to his local hospital this month experiencing trouble breathing, his family made sure to be there for him even if the circumstances of the pandemic forced physical distance between them. 

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 29 new deaths from the COVID-19 Wednesday, the highest since May 6 and the second-most in a single day. A total of 777 Minnesotans have now died from the disease. 

In New York City, a doctor who delayed his retirement so he could help fight COVID-19 has died after contracting the virus.

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, one of the White House's longest-serving employees, died last weekend from COVID-19. He was 91.

A New York City physician known for his dedication to patient care continued working on the frontlines of the pandemic in an intensive care unit and died from COVID-19.

Minnesota recorded 665 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 new deaths attributed to the disease Tuesday, bringing the state's death toll from the disease to 748 and the total number of positive cases to 17,029, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Health. 

Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19. She was 100.

This father and son duo would eventually lose their battles with the virus.

Minnesota recorded nine new deaths from COVID-19 Monday, the lowest number in two weeks, as the state's death toll from the disease rose to 731, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Health. 

“The CDC criteria include anybody who has died with COVID-19, but what the people of Colorado and the people of the country want to know is how many people died of COVID-19,” Polis told “Fox News Sunday."

There are more than 4.3 million confirmed cases across the globe, including nearly 1.4 million in the U.S., Johns Hopkins’ data shows.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 24 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the state's death toll from the disease to 638. A person under the age of 40 was among the 24 Minnesotans who died. 

As of May 12, Johns Hopkins had reported that more than 81,000 people in the United States had died from the novel coronavirus.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported 23 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 Tuesday and 695 new lab-confirmed cases, bringing the state's death toll from the disease to 614 and the total number of positive cases to 12,494.