I'm Stefan Holt, and this is news for now.

For Tuesday, March 10th.

Want to get straight to the latest on the Corona virus that officials in New Jersey announced the first death in our area related to the virus?

His name is John Brennan, and he was a fixture in the horse racing community.

The 69 year old lived in Little Ferry and was admitted to the hospital on Friday.

He had several underlying medical conditions.

It took a turn for the worst last night.

He went into cardiac arrest this morning.

Brendan not recently traveled overseas but worked in New York.

The other big development today is in New Rochelle, where the governor just announced a one mile containment zone trying to stop the spread of the virus.

It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster and the country, and this is literally a matter of life and death.

His own centers on a synagogue on North Avenue, where officials believe the outbreak began.

Several schools in the area will be closed for the next two weeks of the large gatherings are also prohibited inside the zone, Governor Cuomo says the national guard will also be deployed to help with the response.

But it's important to note that this is not like an all out locked down like we've seen in Italy or China.

Think it's a good thing.

It just protects a lot of the other people lighten up on his skin that's going around now.

We want to update you on.

The total number of cases in the tristate New York cell is the most, with 173.

Half of those are in Westchester County, but New York City has 36.

There are 15 presumptive positives in New Jersey.

In Connecticut, the count stands at two.

The New York City Half Marathon just joined a growing list Hansel events in our area.

More than 25,000 runners were supposed to run the race on Sunday.

New York road runners said they're offering either refunds or guaranteed spots in next year's of that, another big event, the New York Auto Show, is pushed August because of the virus.

Finally, let's take a check of the weather.

A cold front is pushing through tonight, bringing a little bit of rain with it tomorrow.

Expect clouds and high temperatures in the fifties.

The rest of the week will state warmer than average.

That's gonna do it for news for now, but stick around to Seymour investigations, features and digital exclusives.

I'm Stephan hold.

We'll see you back here tomorrow.