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Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States have dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months

Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate went down to 5.29% and hospitalizations have increased by 55. There are currently 1,111 people hospitalized with the virus in the state. The state’s 7-day rolling positivity rate average is 6.6%, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. An additional 69 more people have died from the virus since Saturday. The death toll is now 6,168. The state’s…

According to NBC News’ tally, December has already been the worst month of the pandemic, both in terms of overall case load and death toll.

More than 3,300 COVID-19 deaths were recorded Tuesday, with health officials warning more grim days are ahead.

The small, tight-knit community of about 72,000 people on Hawaii’s rural island of Kauai spent the first seven months of the pandemic mostly sheltered from the viral storm

The United States surpassed more than 11 million COVID-19 on Sunday, as the third wave of the virus continued its uncontrolled spread, new restrictions were introduced, and Americans weighed whether and how they can celebrate Thanksgiving.

The U.S. led the world with 9.9 million cases and more than 237,000 deaths, Johns Hopkins University data shows.

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

All indoor ice rinks and ice skating facilities in Massachusetts are prohibited from operating for the next two weeks due to rising coronavirus cases connected to indoor ice hockey, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Thursday night. Officials say the new public health order is in response to multiple COVID-19 clusters occurring at rinks throughout the state following...

Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff.

More than 10,000 of the new hires will be full-time and part-time pharmacy technicians who can help dispense medications and administer COVID-19 tests.

President Donald Trump is leaning into fear tactics as he accuses the left of trying to “erase American history, purge American values and destroy the American way of life.”

At least seven states have set new records for single-day increases in coronavirus cases, prompting some to set new restrictions as concerns mount over possible “superspreader events” during the upcoming holiday season.

France and Spain are now seeing more new cases every day than they did when the virus originally peaked in the spring. Israel on Friday entered a second nationwide lockdown, shuttering restaurants, hotels, gyms and more, amid soaring new cases and as the Jewish High Holiday season begins. While epidemiologists expected autumn to be worse, the rapid resurgence comes ahead...

Experts are warning increased vigilance for Labor Day weekend gatherings, after COVID-19 cases in the United States topped six million on Aug. 30. Cases have also rose among children during back-to-school season: according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, childhood cases rose by 17 percent during the last two weeks of August.

With the United States now topping 5 million coronavirus cases as school district reopen across the country, a growing number of children are becoming infected. More than 97,000 children tested positive in just the last two weeks of July, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With 4 million cases and counting, the United States hit yet another milestone in COVID-19 cases. Death rates in some states also appear to be soaring. Officials are now going to more desperate measures trying to slow down the latest surge of the deadly virus.

Massachusetts on Sunday reported 146 more deaths from the new coronavirus, bringing the state’s death toll from the outbreak to 1,706. The total number of positive cases has reached 38,077, with 1,705 new cases announced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Massachusetts is in the midst of what officials describe as a surge of coronavirus cases in the state,…