Nine states reported record one-day increases in cases on Wednesday: Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. In addition to rising cases, on Tuesday hospitalizations topped 50,000 for the first time in three months. North Dakota reported only six free intensive care unit beds in the entire state on Wednesday when it was one of 14 states that reported record levels of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Texas, which has twice as many residents, reported 47,932 cases and both California and Florida reported about 30,000 new cases each. The previous U.S. record for new cases in a day was 100,233 on Oct. 30, the highest ever reported by any country in the world.

Source: dna November 05, 2020 03:00 UTC