Public Health

The CDC found a 53 percent household transmission rate of COVID-19, higher than previously reported, according to the "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" published Oct. 30. 

Every region of the U.S. is seeing an increase in the percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for COVID-19, according to the CDC's latest COVIDView report. 

The U.S. COVID-19 case count hit a record high Oct. 30 — 99,155 cases — surpassing a previous record set just the day before, according to The New York Times.

Public health officials in Solano County, Calif. confirmed the first case of a patient with a co-infection of the flu and COVID-19 Oct. 29, reports FOX affiliate KTXL. 

The U.S. reported more than 90,000 new COVID-19 cases Oct. 28, a record that equates to more than one case diagnosed every second, reports The New York Times. 

After a wedding and a birthday party in Suffolk County, N.Y., over 50 people tested positive for COVID-19 and about 300 were left in quarantine, reports NBC News. 

The U.S. reported a record of more than 500,000 new COVID-19 cases over the last week, The New York Times reported Oct. 27. 

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 were less likely to engage in recommended COVID-19 virus prevention behaviors compared to older adults, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Oct. 27. 

The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases exceeded 70,000 for the first time since the pandemic began, prompting many states across the U.S. to address the new surge in virus cases and hospitalizations. 

More than 44,000 Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Oct. 27, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. This figure is up an estimated 46 percent from one month ago, reports The New York Times.