The country's five highest days of
coronavirus cases have all been recorded since October 29, affirming experts' warnings another surge is well underway and will only get worse.
The nationwide seven-day average of new daily cases now stands at about 86,363 -- more than double what it was on September 4, data from Johns Hopkins University show....
New Jersey updated its quarantine advisory for those traveling to the state, according to a press release from Gov. Phil Murphy's office. Anyone traveling to New Jersey from 43 states and territories will be required to quarantine for 14 days.
New York broke with its initial advisory Wednesday, issuing a new one that said anyone traveling to New York would require a negative Covid-19 test three days prior to their trip. Then once in the state, the traveler would be required to quarantine for three days before getting another test.
In Kentucky, where the governor has long cautioned that infections were climbing quickly, he said Tuesday that "every day, things appear to be getting worse."
"We are seeing not only a surge in the virus, but more and more of our kids by percentage who are getting it," Gov. Andy Beshear said. As a result, Beshear issued an executive order renewing the mandate for face coverings for an additional 30 days, according to a press release. He extended previous executive orders that allow pharmacists to dispense emergency refills for up to 30 days. ...
Across the country, 50,340 people were in hospitals with the virus on Tuesday, according to the
Covid Tracking Project. That's an increase of about 76% since September 20, when Covid-19 hospitalizations were at a post-summer-surge low.
Hospitalizations are "sharply increasing" in the Midwest, the tracking project
said on Twitter. ...
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U.S. on Wednesday recorded over 100,000 new coronaviris cases
...Nineteen states have recorded more cases in the last week than in any other seven-day stretch. The total number of cases is expected to continue growing into the night as more states and counties report data. ...