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TORONTO — Ontario health officials are recording another record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases in the province as they report more than 3,900 new infections. The province confirmed 3,945 cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, which breaks the previous provincial daily case count record of 3,799 new cases reported on Friday. The province had actually …

The flu season is underway and yet the state totals are trending below normal for this time of the year. This time last year, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health reported more than 278 hospitalizations, five deaths, and 4.83% of the patients coming in had a flu-like illness. This year, DPH has just 10 hospitalizations, one …

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The morbid milestones continue in Texas as the state surpassed 12,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 on Thursday, setting a new record high for the fourth consecutive day. Meanwhile, a Travis County district judge sided with Austin officials after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office tried to overturn a ban on late-night dine-in …

After another record-breaking week, South Carolina reported nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the third-highest numbers yet reported. The state set a record on Friday with 3,217 new coronavirus cases logged by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. On Saturday, the state again exceeded 3,000 new cases. In the weeks since the …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Dr. Adrienne Battle announced that COVID-19 cases have spiked since Thanksgiving Break. During a MNPS Board meeting, she said 68 staff and 30 students tested positive last week. More than 200 staff and students are currently in either quarantine or isolation. The district also hit its …

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, US health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not, even after ten months of the pandemic: a comprehensive national testing strategy. Such a strategy, they say, could systematically check more people for infections and spot surges before they take off. The health experts …

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The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday reported a small rise in coronavirus cases, and one death, that more likely reflects a nationwide vacation for testing staff than the overall trend of soaring daily case numbers and hospitalizations. The Maine CDC reported 22 new cases on Saturday, after the state lab closed …

For the first time in nearly two months, Idaho did not hit another weekly peak in new coronavirus cases. COVID-19 deaths also dropped significantly from a seven-day peak set a week ago. It isn’t clear, however, whether the numbers reflect reporting delays due to the short week and the Thanksgiving holiday. The state did not …

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The number of people getting tested for COVID-19 in the last few days has shot up dramatically in Maryland. Instead of staying home for Thanksgiving, health officials believe people are getting a test, then traveling to go see family for the holiday. Maryland Health Department data shows that daily testing …