st. peter's basilica. usually the mass attracts up to 100,000 people in st. peter's square this year it s inside thehurch, with only a handful of attendance and assistance to the pontiff. it was also live streaming. >>> there are now 947,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus, more than 21,000 have died. and on this easter sunday, there is still some hope for economic resurrection. the top infectious disease expert says we might be able to reopen sections of society next month. >> reporter: the sound of oxygen machines is hard to miss in the hallways of mount sinai hospital in queens, where eric chronicled his day in the er, he says pretty much every patient has coronavirus. >> young and old, people of all age ranges, they are just incredibly sick. >> in new york, the daily death rate is, 758 on saturday, and the rate of hospitalizations, innovations and discharges appears to be lightning. those numbers from the pandemic epicenter that are part of the calculation to determine when the united states should reopen for business. >> i think it could probably start, in least in some w