New Jersey and Connecticut also had one-day highs in coronavirus-related deaths. Officials in the three states still saw reason for hope. “I believe she passed away,” said a relative who led the family’s increasingly frantic search. “But where?” Doctors, firefighters and others who risk exposure to Covid-19 are being taken to court by ex-spouses who want to keep them away from their children. Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places. Less than two weeks after enactment of a $2 trillion stimulus plan, the Trump administration is asking for a fresh infusion of funds to help businesses survive the economic damage of the coronavirus. The Small Business Administration is not equipped to handle the demand for emergency loans. It is trying to fix aging systems, but the delays are rattling banks and small businesses. Wisconsin’s primary showed an electoral system stretched to the breaking point by the coronavirus crisis, as people weighed the health risks against their desire to vote. Wisconsin voters may have risked their health to make it to the polls in a pandemic. But lately, it’s feeling as though 2016, not 2020, remains the most pivotal political moment. Mask-wearing voters in endless lines. Five polling places instead of 180. Voting amid the coronavirus crisis is full of challenges — and connected to G.O.P. efforts to limit who gets a ballot in the state. The decision to investigate the tycoon, Ren Zhiqiang, reflects broad unease in the government about growing criticism of its early efforts to conceal the outbreak. He and a firefighter son answered the call when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center; another son died there. Mr. Petrocelli had the novel coronavirus. 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