A man who used a drone to ask a woman out on a date during the coronavirus lockdown in New York has taken her out on their first in-person date while wearing a protective inflatable bubble.

Brooklyn photographer, Jeremy Cohen, 28, gained notoriety after he shared a video on social media of him flying a drone with his phone number attached to the woman, named Tori, while self-isolating.

Cohen explained in an earlier video how he first noticed the woman from his New York apartment when she was seen dancing on a nearby rooftop, and decided to put his time in quarantine to good use by asking her out in a funny and very novel way.

Creativity! New York City photographer Jeremy Cohen took his love interest, Tori, out on a date while wearing a protective bubble suit in observance of social distancing regulations

Novel: The duo first got in touch after Cohen flew his number over to Tori on a drone, having first caught sight of her on a rooftop from his apartment

Heartwarming: Cohen, who enjoyed a first date with Tori from his balcony while she sat on her roof, said he knew he wanted to see her in person, without breaking social distancing rules

Knowing that he would be unable to meet her in person while New York City was in lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to use his drone to fly over his number to her.

An hour later, Tori texted Cohen her response.

'I can't believe this actually worked and yes this is a real story,' Cohen wrote on Twitter.

In the days since, Cohen reported that Tori and he had gone on a first 'date', revealing that they arranged to have a socially-distant dinner, with him sitting on his balcony while Tori set up her meal on the rooftop where he first saw her.

The couple's meet cute quickly went viral, after Cohen shared a video about his unusual wooing techniques on TikTok, revealing to the world: 'Her name is Tori. She's cute and kind and I'm so happy I met her.'

After a successful dinner date, Cohen said he planned to 'take this relationship to the next level' - a step that would once again require some clever thinking on his part.

I can’t believe this actually worked and yes this is a real story pic.twitter.com/X5KbBl0qIe — Jeremy Cohen (@jerm_cohen) March 22, 2020

Cohen messaged Tori and asked her to meet him outside her apartment for their first official in-person date - to which she quickly agreed.

What Tori could not have guessed was that Cohen would be wearing an enormous inflatable bubble to ensure that the two of them remained socially distant even while hanging out together.

In yet another TikTok video titled, 'How to date during Quarantine (PART 3)', Cohen is seen outside his apartment building manually inflating the bubble, before climbing inside.

He also posed with a bouquet of flowers for Tori.

'It's time for my boldest move yet - hope she doesn't burst my bubble,' he says.

'I needed to see her, but I also wanted to respect the fact that we should be social-distancing.'

Big smile before their third date, Jeremy Cohen seen here with a bouquet of flowers for Tori

Upon clapping eyes on Jeremy Cohen inside his inflatable bubble, Tori falls down laughing

Tori emerges from her building and when she claps eyes on Cohen in his bubble suit she buckles at the knee and begins laughing. 'I think she liked it,' Cohen says.

In addition to flowers, Cohen also jokes that he brought hand sanitizer, which he said was a 'misstep' because he is inside the protective bubble.

The pair then go on a walk together through their neighborhood when a cop stops them. But it turns out the police officer recognized Cohen's story from the news and just wanted a selfie.

In the video, Cohen writes: 'Just because we have to social distance, doesn't mean we have to be socially distant.

'Remember to spread love and kindness to another.'

PART 2. Her name is Tori. She’s cute and kind and I’m sor happy I met her pic.twitter.com/tyo0AItBbd — Jeremy Cohen (@jerm_cohen) March 25, 2020

Jeremy Cohen spotted Tori while she was dancing on her rooftop on the other side of the street during the quarantine and decided he had to give his number to her

The Brooklyn resident taped his phone number onto the drone and then flew it over to the mystery woman who later sent him a text message

Getting ready for flight - Jeremy Cohen seen here with his drone before it landed near Tori

A toast to new romance - Tori tops up her red wine a couple of blocks away from her admirer

Tori seen here smiling at Jeremy Cohen while the pair share a rooftop socially-distant dinner

Each of the videos posted by Cohen on various social media channels, including on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, have gathered millions of views.

One person wrote on Twitter: 'You two better get married.'

While another wrote: 'You are so special. This has been so great to watch.'

While yet another wrote: 'This might be the one story that gets us all through this quarantine. Thank you (both) for that.'

Recent figures released by Johns Hopkins University put confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US at 164,671 people. There were 22,022 new cases recorded on Monday.

There has been 3,180 deaths across the country, surging by at least 605 on the same day.

The current death toll makes the outbreak more deadly than the September 11 terrorist attacks, which killed 2,977 people.

New York City is the undoubted epicenter, with 138 new deaths reported on Monday. While it was an increase of 17 percent, it was a smaller increase than Saturday' spike, when 222 died.

Nearly 1,000 have died in the city.