The percentage of specimens testing positive for COVID-19 and the percentage of visits for flu- or COVID-19 symptoms have increased in recent weeks, according to the CDC's latest COVIDView report.
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The four counties in the United States that haven't reported a single COVID-19 case as of Oct. 16 are all sparsely populated and geographically isolated, according to ABC News.
The United States reported 69,165 new cases of COVID-19 Oct. 16, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. That marks the most confirmed new cases since July 29, according to analysis from The Wall Street Journal.
More than half of states allow exemptions from mandatory school vaccines for religious beliefs and medical reasons, according to a new ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Wisconsin opened an alternative care facility for COVID-19 patients Oct. 14 as COVID-19 hospitalizations tripled statewide over the last month, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Eight Kansas City, Mo.-based hospitals and emergency departments had to refuse ambulances the night of Oct. 14 because they hit capacity, according to the Kansas City Star.
The number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reported this week suggest the third surge of the pandemic is underway in the United States, according to analysis from the COVID Tracking Project.
About 64,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported in the U.S. Oct. 15, the highest daily number since late July, reports The Washington Post.
A Sweet 16 party in New York violated emergency state health codes and turned into a "superspreader event," authorities said, according to NBC News.
This Halloween will kick off a 2020 holiday season like no other seen in the last century due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country faced a similar landscape in 1918, as Halloween coincided with a second wave of the Spanish…