US Army Soldiers Deploy to New York as State Fights COVID-19

An Air Force member gives instructions as workers and members of the National Guard build a makeshift morgue outside Bellevue Hospital in New York City on March 25, 2020. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Hundreds of U.S. Army soldiers are deploying to New York to help the state in its response to the CCP virus.

New York has been the hardest-hit state in the nation, with 30,811 COVID-19 cases as of March 25, including 17,856 in New York City.