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Photos reveal New York City in the grip of likely coronavirus peak

The mast of One World Trade Center is lit in blue to acknowledge essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday, April 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Thursday, New York City’s medical examiner confirmed that the city has shortened the amount of time it will hold on to remains to 14 days from 30 days before they will be transferred for temporary internment at a City Cemetery. Earlier in the week, Mayor Bill DeBlasio said that officials have explored the possibility of temporary burials on Hart Island, a strip of land in Long Island Sound that has long served as the city’s potter’s field. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 09: Madison Square Garden is illuminated in blue lights on April 09, 2020 in New York City. Landmarks and buildings across the nation are doing the same to show support for health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY April 08: Medical workers write their names on face masks to identify each other while wearing PPEs at the emergency field hospital run by Samaritan's Purse and Mount Sinai Health System in Central Park on April 08, 2020 in New York, United States. New York City remains the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

A Manhattan-bound D subway train rounds a curve as a U.S. flag flaps in the wind Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/David Boe)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 9: A Montefiore Medical Center employee walks past signs thanking the medical staff on April 9, 2020 in New York City. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that while signs show that measures taken by New Yorkers are beginning to flatten the curve, COVID-19 deaths across the state hit a daily record for the third straight day on Wednesday with 799 fatalities. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 09: Flags fly at full staff outside the NYSE on April 09, 2020 in New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed flags to be flown at half-staff for the victims of the coronavirus. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming almost 90,000 lives with infections nearing 1.5 million people. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

People gather to watch the sun set behind the Throgs Neck Bridge at LIttle Bay Park Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York could be reaching a "plateau" in hospitalizations, he warned that gains are dependent on people continuing to practice social distancing. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Street performer Robert John Burck, known as The Naked Cowboy, poses for photos in New York's Times Square, Thursday, April 9, 2020, during the coronavirus epidemic. He is wearing a mask and his guitar is adorned with stickers that read, "Trump Keep America Great." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns move a body behind a fence at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York state posted a record-breaking number of coronavirus deaths for a third consecutive day even as a surge of patients in overwhelmed hospitals slowed, while isolation-weary residents were warned Thursday the crisis was far from over. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 06: Medical workers take in patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on April 06, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which has been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are facing shortages of beds, ventilators and protective equipment for medical staff. New York City has nearly 88,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of this afternoon, according to health data. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 9: A Montefiore Medical Center employee walks past signs thanking the medical staff on April 9, 2020 in New York City. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that while signs show that measures taken by New Yorkers are beginning to flatten the curve, COVID-19 deaths across the state hit a daily record for the third straight day on Wednesday with 799 fatalities. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

A funeral director wears personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns while collecting a body at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York state posted a record-breaking number of coronavirus deaths for a third consecutive day even as a surge of patients in overwhelmed hospitals slowed, while isolation-weary residents were warned Thursday the crisis was far from over. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Women wearing masks talk in New York's Times Square, Thursday, April 9, 2020, during the coronavirus epidemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

JERSEY CITY, NJ - APRIL 09: One World Trade Center is lit in blue on April 9, 2020 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Landmarks and buildings across the nation are displaying blue lights to show support for health care workers and first responders on the front lines against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)