November 6 coronavirus news

A traveler wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus sits at a boarding gate at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

China suspended entry to visitors from nine countries due to a 45% rise in the number of imported cases in October. This posed a risk to “China’s hard-won pandemic prevention,” according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. 

So far, China has restricted non-Chinese nationals from Italy, Russia, India, the UK, France, the Philippines, Belgium, Ukraine and Bangladesh. 

Wang added that the measures had been imposed to “maintain China’s hard-won pandemic prevention and control achievements” and to “minimize the risk of cross-infection of people who come to China during their trip.”

The country has reported a total of 86,151 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths since the pandemic began, according to the latest data from China’s National Health Commission.

In the first five days of November – as the United States has been focused on its presidential election – 20 states have already reported at least one record high day of new Covid-19 cases during the month, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The states are: Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah and West Virginia.

In October, 31 states reported at least one record high day of new cases during the entire month.

Following a week marked by high case numbers, the entire country set a grim new Covid-19 record on Thursday – surpassing 120,000 infections in a single day. It was the second day in a row the US reported more than 100,000 infections.

Health experts had warned weeks ago that the nation’s daily cases would reach six digits, but those alarming figures hit sooner than expected. And Covid-19’s death toll could reach 266,000 by the end of November, according to an ensemble forecast published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Serbian Patriarch Irinej during a funeral service on November 1, 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro.

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday, after he tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Irinej, 90, “was admitted to hospital for medical supervision and control,” and “is generally feeling well, asymptomatic and without fever,” the statement read.

According to CNN affiliate N1 Serbia, his body was in an open casket during the service before being interred in the crypt of the church. A large crowd gathered in front of the church, with few of the mourners and none of the priests wearing masks, according to N1.

Serbia has reported 55,676 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 861 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health on Thursday. Montenegro has reported 21,533 cases, with 328 deaths, according to data published Thursday by the country’s Institute of Public Health.

A woman checks information as information signs are displayed at IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security) WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.

The US economy added 638,000 jobs in October – more than economists had expected, although it was a slowdown from the previous month.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.9%, down from 7.9% in September. It had been the highest jobless rate going into a presidential election.

Votes are still being counted and the nation is still in the dark about whom the next president will be. But whoever takes the White House has their work cut out for them – both with the coronavirus pandemic and America’s unemployment problem. The US job market needs fixing and the unemployed need more support to make ends meet.

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People take part in a demonstration against the COVID-19 lockdown in Cosenza, Italy, on November 05, 2020. The Italian region of Calabria imposed a lockdown in the attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus. 

Local officials and some protesters have expressed their anger at the Italian government over restrictions that came into effect Friday in four hotspot regions – Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Calabria. 

In northern Italy, a few hundred people gathered on Thursday evening in the city of Bergamo – one of cities worst hit by the first wave of the pandemic – to protest against the new measures ordering people to stay home except for essential necessities, health or work.

Protesters, who included business owners and professions but also members of far-right groups and the opposition League party, demonstrated at city hall then gathered outside the mayor’s residence where they “chanted slogans with flags, banners and smoke bombs,” the city’s mayor Giorgio Gori said on Facebook. 

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza defended the government’s decision to declare the four regions as “red zones.” He also said decisions around new restrictions “cannot be the field of a political battle,” adding that “our only enemy is the virus.”

The leaders of the northern regions of Lombardy and Piedmont claimed the government’s decision to impose new restrictions on their areas was based on data that was out of date.

Elsewhere in northern Italy, Milan mayor Beppe Sala urged residents “to stay at home as much as possible in these difficult days” following small anti-lockdown protests there. 

Small protests also erupted in the southern “red zone” of Calabria, with the regional president Nino Spirli saying online that he plans to appeal the government’s decision.

“This region does not deserve an isolation which risks being fatal to it,” Spirli said.

The mayor of the Calabrian village of Carolei, Francesco Iannucci, told state broadcaster RAI that he would not enforce the new lockdown measures, simply by “not doing any control” in bars and restaurants.

Italy reported 35,505 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 824,879 since the start of the pandemic. The country also reported 445 more deaths, taking the death toll to 40,192.

A city council volunteer worker in protective gear walks before spraying disinfectant, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, next to apartment buildings in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2020.

Malaysia reported 1,755 new coronavirus cases Friday – its highest daily increase since the outbreak again, according to its health ministry. 

Three of the new cases reported Friday were imported; the other 1,752 cases were locally transmitted, the ministry added.

The country’s total number of confirmed cases now stands at 38,189. Malaysia also reported two new deaths from the virus Friday, bringing its total deaths to 279.

The Malaysian government proposed to allocate more than $242 million (RM1 billion) in the country’s 2021 budget to stem the third wave of Covid-19, state news agency Bernama reported.

The US reported more than 121,000 infections Thursday, beating a daily case record it set just 24 hours ago. 

The grim tally comes after Wednesday’s record of more than 100,000 cases, which was the first time the US hit a six-figure number of infections. That means in just two days, the country reported more than 220,000 positive tests, bringing the past week’s total to more than 660,000 new cases of the virus.

Rising hospitalization: As nationwide cases soar, the number of hospitalized Americans is also climbing, with now more than 53,000 patients across the US, according to the COVID Tracking Project. And doctors have warned that as those numbers move upward, a rise in deaths will follow. 

In the Midwest – where communities have been hit particularly hard and outbreaks are only worsening – hospitalizations are up “following the region’s sharply accelerating case surge,” the project said in a Thursday blog post. 

“Reported deaths from the Midwest are rising as well, several weeks into that region’s case surge,” the project said.

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Samples are collected at a new COVID-19 testing site on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Covid Test 23

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South Australia is working to implement an app for people under quarantine at home that would use facial recognition and geo-tracking.

The app will only be available for people eligible for home quarantine in South Australia, while international travelers will continue to quarantine in medi-hotels.

The health department said the app is still going through a procurement process, but authorities are aiming to have it in place in the coming months.

The government hopes the app will free up police resources as it lessens the need for home checks by officers.

“Where necessary, SA Health would liaise with SAPOL in regard to any breaches if detected by the app and as part of our nation-leading quarantine program random police checks would still be conducted,” the health department said.

“The new app could add another layer of protection to the Marshall Liberal Government’s already strong plan to protect South Australians from COVID-19,” Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade said.  

Germany’s Health Minister warned that “even the best health care system” cannot, in the long run, cope with an unrelenting rise of coronavirus cases as pressure mounts on intensive care units in German hospitals.

Germany remains in a “decisive phase” of the pandemic, the health minister added, after the country set a new daily record of more than 20,000 coronavirus infections on Friday.

“The growth rate is decreasing, but nevertheless we still see a growth,” Spahn said. “Once the intensive care units are full of Covid patients and if they get overcrowded – then it is too late.”

On Friday. Germany reported 21,506 new coronavirus infections within 24 hours – the highest daily case number since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also registered 166 new virus-related deaths, bringing the total death toll to 11,096, according to the country’s center for disease prevention, Robert-Koch-Institute.

South Korea’s Education Ministry has shuttered 76 schools nationwide after students and teachers tested positive for Covid-19 – another 15 schools closed compared to the previous day.

The ministry announced on Friday that in-person classes would be suspended in the affected schools.

Ten students and a faculty member had tested positive on Thursday from schools in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and South Chungcheong Province, spurring the decision to close schools.

On Friday, Korea’s Disease Control Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced 145 new coronavirus cases. South Korea has reported more than 100 new daily cases for the past three days.

The country has recorded a total number of 27,195 confirmed cases and 476 deaths since the pandemic began, according to KDCA.

Healthcare providers are seen wearing protective gear in the Krasnodar Territory's Regional Clinical Hospital that offers treatment to COVID-19 patients on Thursday, November 5.

Russia recorded 20,582 coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of cases reported in a single day in the country since the pandemic began, according to data from the country’s coronavirus response center. 

The country has reported a total of 1,733,440 infections, with at least 29,887 deaths.

Russia has seen a surge in coronavirus cases in October, updating its record number of daily increases almost every day. 

Last week, Russia’s health regulator imposed a nationwide mask mandate. People across the country must wear masks in public spaces, public transport, parking lots and elevators.

Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin said last week that he hopes Russia “can start mass vaccination by the end of the year.”

Two Russian coronavirus vaccines were registered for domestic use ahead of large-scale Phase 3 trials, some of which are now ongoing.

Healthcare professionals performs antigen testing for COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain, on November 5.

Countries across Europe are reporting record high Covid-19 case counts, as concern grows over hospital capacity and new lockdown restrictions are imposed throughout the continent. Here’s what you need to know:

Germany

Germany shattered its record for new daily coronavirus infections, recording more than 20,000 cases in a single day for the first time, according to the country’s center for disease prevention, the Robert-Koch-Institute. Meanwhile, the number of people requiring intensive care due to Covid-19 has doubled in the last 10 days, German health minister Jens Spahn said Friday.

Italy

The Italian regions worst hit by the second coronavirus wave entered a new lockdown Friday after the country tallied its highest daily number of both infections and deaths the previous day. Residents in “red zone” regions – Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Calabria – may only leave home for necessities, health or work. All of Italy is under a 10 pm to 5 am nationwide curfew, with bars and restaurants closing at 6 p.m., while certain areas face harsher restrictions.

Italy reported 35,505 new cases and 445 deaths Thursday, taking its case total to 824,879 and fatalities to 40,192, according to health ministry data.

France

In neighboring France, Paris also announced stricter measures as the country reported a record 58,046 new cases Thursday, according to the French health agency. The country has Europe’s highest case number, at 1.6 million infections.

UK

On Wednesday, the UK recorded its second-biggest jump in daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The following day, England entered a second lockdown – requiring people to stay home in most circumstances – and at least 104 people were arrested at an anti-lockdown protest in London on Thursday evening.

Greece

Greece will enter a three-week national lockdown on Saturday after reporting almost 10,000 new cases in five days, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced Thursday. The new restrictions require Greeks to text the authorities before leaving home, and high schools will close.

Denmark

The Danish government has announced new restrictions in seven municipalities after scientists there identified a mutated strain of coronavirus linked to the mink population. According to the government, the mutated form of the virus has been passed back to humans. On Thursday, the government announced that dine-in restaurants, pubs, cultural venues and public transportation will be closed in the affected municipalities. People with links to mink farm operations are being encouraged to be tested every three to four days.

Russia

Russia reported 20,582 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of cases it has ever reported in a single day, according to data from the country’s coronavirus response center. Russia has recorded a total of 1,733,440 cases, with at least 29,887 officially reported deaths. Last week, Russia’s health regulator imposed a nationwide mask mandate.

Students who are self-isolating stand behind security fencing as they are interviewed by a television crew on September 28, in Manchester, England.

The University of Manchester apologized on Thursday “for the concern and distress caused by the erecting of a fence” around residence halls on its campus. 

The British university said the fences were raised as “a response to a number of concerns received over recent weeks from staff and students on this site about safety and security; particularly about access by people who are not residents,” according to a statement Thursday. 

Hundreds of students have staged a protest against the university’s response to coronavirus, after it erected metal fencing at student accommodation.  

“There was never any intent to prevent students from entering or exiting the site. The fences are being taken down from Friday morning and students are being contacted immediately. Alternative security measures, including additional security patrols are being put in place,” the statement read.

Labour Party lawmaker for Manchester-Gorton Afzal Khan tweeted on Thursday night that students “being physically fenced in” was “deeply distressing” for them and their parents.

Students stand in circles for social distancing at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, on November 2, in Chandigarh, India.

As many as 829 teachers and 575 students have tested positive for Covid-19 across 13 districts in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Schools reopened in the state on Monday for students in Grade 9 and 10, after eight months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the Andhra Pradesh state government, 70,790 teachers were tested as a precautionary measure before schools reopened on November 2. Among them, 829 have received positive results as of Thursday. The test results were released after schools reopened on Monday.

Students were tested after schools reopened. A total of 95,763 students were tested between Monday and Thursday. Among them, 575 tested positive for the virus. 

Despite the positive tests, schools have remained open.

In the northern state of Uttarakhand: At least 80 teachers have received positive test results, after schools reopened Monday for students in Grade 10 to 12.

“Seven days prior to reopening schools we tested all teachers, we are also preparing protocols for routine testing of all school employees,” Madan Singh Rawat, Chief Education of Pauri district where the teachers tested positive, said. 

At least 20 schools in the district have been shut for a period of five days and the process of contact tracing is ongoing, according to Rawat. 

As of Friday, Andhra Pradesh has reported 835,935 coronavirus cases and Uttarakhand has a caseload of 64,065.

India has reported a total of over 8.4 million cases, with nearly 125,000 deaths, according to the Indian Ministry of Health. 

Police detain a protester during the Million Mask March anti-establishment protest at Trafalgar Square in London on Thursday, November 5.

At least 104 people were arrested at an anti-lockdown protest in London on Thursday evening, according to authorities in the British capital. 

The protest in Trafalgar Square took place despite the coronavirus restrictions currently in place, and arrests were made after people refused to disperse, according to a statement by the London Metropolitan Police. 

Connors said the crowd “chose to ignore the new regulations, to behave irresponsibly and meet in a dangerous manner,” adding she expected further arrests to be made.

The United States reported 121,888 new Covid-19 cases for Thursday, an all-time high in national daily infections since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The country’s total caseload has now reached 9,607,336. Its Covid-19 death toll stands at 234,927, after 1,210 new fatalities were reported Thursday, according to JHU’s tally.

The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other U.S. territories, as well as repatriated cases. 

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Medical staff hand a document to a driver after having taken a swab sample at a drive-through COVID-19 test center in Memmingen, Germany, on November 5.

Germany recorded 21,506 new Covid-19 cases for Thursday, the highest single-day rise since the pandemic began, according to the country’s center for disease prevention, Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI). 

Thursday’s caseload was an increase by more than 1,600 from the previous day, the RKI’s data shows. 

The country also registered 166 new virus-related deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 11,096.

A visitor scans a QR code to log his entry at the Seongdong district government office building in Seoul, on Friday, September 4.

South Korea is introducing a QR code tracking system on Saturday for venues considered high risk for Covid-19 transmissions, according to the country’s department of health.  

South Korean health official Son Young-rae said in a briefing on Friday that it will be mandatory for venues such as bars, clubs, large restaurants and cafes to implement the QR code system to facilitate contact tracing. 

The announcement comes as South Korea reported 145 new cases from Thursday. Among them, 117 were locally transmitted and 28 were imported, according to the Korea Disease Control Prevention Agency (KDCA). 

This is the third consecutive day that South Korea has reported over a hundred daily infections. Thursday’s number is the highest daily total since October 23, when the country recorded 155 new daily cases, according to a CNN calculation of KDCA data. 

The national caseload stands at 27,195, with 476 deaths, according to KDCA.

Rowers are seen about to leave the banks of the Yarra river as they go rowing on November 6, in Melbourne, Australia.

The Australian state of Victoria reported its seventh consecutive day of zero new Covid-19 cases and deaths, according to its health ministry.

The state has only recorded six new cases since its capital city of Melbourne emerged from a 112-day lockdown on October 26.

Melbourne had previously been the epicenter of a severe second wave, with close to 20,000 cases detected between June and September.

There are currently 15 active cases in Victoria, including 2 in hospital, according to its health ministry.

The neighboring state of New South Wales recorded four local and five imported cases on Thursday, its health ministry said, bringing Australia’s total caseload to 27,642 since the pandemic began.

The US state of New Mexico reported 23 Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, the largest single-day increase in death toll since the pandemic began, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) wrote on her Facebook page. 

During a news conference, Lujan Grisham said the state reported 862 new cases Thursday. There are 400 people currently hospitalized with the virus and 59 of them are on ventilators, Lujan said.

The governor said hospitalizations increased 95% from two weeks ago, with a 260% increase in the last month. General hospital beds are 82% occupied, while ICU beds are 75% occupied. 

According to the data, the state is “not trending anywhere in the right direction,” Lujan Grisham added, calling on New Mexicans to follow public health guidance to help slow the spread of the virus. 

New Mexico has reported 51,110 coronavirus cases and 1,082 deaths to date, according to the governor.

NOTE: The numbers below were released by the New Mexico governor’s office and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.

A Missouri election judge supervisor has died after testing positive for Covid-19 and then working at a polling site on Election Day, local health officials said Thursday.

While the cause of death has not been given, the St. Charles County Department of Public Health said in a news release, the person received a positive test result on October 30.

The person was told to quarantine for 14 days but did not follow that advice and worked at a polling site in St. Charles on Tuesday, the department said.

The news release did not say when the person died.

Contact tracing underway: Public health officials said they have contacted workers at the polling site and are working with family members to determine the person’s whereabouts before the positive test result. There were nine other election workers at the polling place and they are being advised to get tested, the release says.

Because the person was a supervisor, the department said, the job duties did not involve interacting closely with the over 1,800 voters who were at the polling place Tuesday.

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The Italian regions worst-hit by the second coronavirus wave entered a new lockdown Friday after the country tallied its highest daily number of both infections and deaths the previous day.

Italy is under a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nationwide curfew, with bars and restaurants closing at 6 p.m., while certain areas face harsher restrictions.

Residents in “red zone” regions – Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Calabria – may only leave home for necessities, health or work. Those in “orange zones” are banned from leaving their towns except for work or health reasons – and bars and restaurants are closed except for delivery and takeout.

Italy reported 35,505 new cases and 445 deaths Thursday, taking its case total to 824,879 and fatalities to 40,192, according to health ministry data.

Meanwhile in France: Paris also announced stricter measures as the country reported a record 58,046 new cases Thursday, according to the French health agency. The country has Europe’s highest case number, at 1.6 million infections.

From Friday, food delivery, takeout and alcohol sales are banned in Paris between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., police said.

Véran urged people to respect the national lockdown, or face “a high risk of saturation” of hospitals by mid-November.

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People wearing masks drink coffee at Piazza San Carlo in Turin on Thursday, the last day before new lockdown measures for the Piedmont region.

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Japan has reported over a thousand Covid-19 infections in a single day for the first time since August 21, according to Japan’s Health Ministry. 

Japan gained 1,054 new cases on Thursday with 12 new deaths. 

The total number of the infections throughout Japan now stands at 105,494 (this figure includes 712 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship) and the death toll has now reached 1,819 (including 13 on the cruise ship). 

Patients in critical condition raised to 183, this is up 18 from Wednesday.

Tokyo announced 269 news cases of virus on Thursday. The total number of infections in Tokyo has reached 31,893 and 38 patients are in serious condition as of Thursday.

Ohio reported a record 4,961 Covid-19 cases Thursday and Governor Mike DeWine warned that community spread was possible statewide.

“It is everywhere, we can’t hide from it, we can’t run from it,” DeWine said in a Thursday press briefing. “We’ve got to face it.”

DeWine said that every county in the state is seeing significant community spread.

Ohio also reached record hospitalization and ICU numbers, with 2,075 Ohio residents hospitalized with the virus, 541 of those in intensive care. Additionally there were 33 additional Covid-19 deaths reported Thursday.

DeWine attributed the rise in community spread of Covid-19 in the midwestern state to social gatherings like weddings, funerals and private parties. He said in-person education did not appear to be contributing to spread, which he attributed to mandated mask use in schools.

Minnesota also reported its highest daily total with 3,956 new cases, bringing the state’s overall total to 164,865. It’s the third day in a row the state has reached a daily high of new cases, according to the US state’s dashboard. 

The Minnesota Department of Health also reported 25 new deaths, with 2,555 total deaths since the pandemic began, and 9 days in a row of over 100 hospitalizations per day. The latest charts released by the state’s health department shows a steady rise of hospitalizations. 

As the US continues to shatter daily case records, so do states across the nation: Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin are among those that set new daily records for infections on Thursday.

The Danish Government has announced new restrictions in seven municipalities after scientists there identified a mutated strain of coronavirus linked to the mink population.

According to the government, the mutated form of the virus has been passed back to humans.

Under the new restrictions, restaurants, cafes and pubs are to close from Saturday – with an exception for food outlets selling takeaways. Indoor sporting venues – including gyms –are also being shut, as well as cultural centers, including theaters, cinemas, museums, music venues and libraries.

The government has also announced it is shutting down public transport in the affected municipalities, with the exception of school buses.

The municipalities are Hjorring, Frederikshavn, Bronderslev, Jammerbugt, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and laeso.

The Danish Government is encouraging people in these regions to avoid travel outside their area, and to limit contact with others.

Under the new rules, public gatherings will be further restricted with gatherings of 500 people at seated events now cancelled. Gatherings of 50 people at sporting events or at children’s activities is also cancelled.

Everyone living in the affected municipalities is encouraged to get tested while the new measures are in force. People with links to mink farm operations are being encouraged to be tested every 3-4 days.

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum said in a news conference, “today, statistically, marks the worst day yet for North Dakota during the pandemic.”

Thursday’s 9,224 active cases record is the first time the US state surpassed a daily count of 9,000, he said. The 16.4 positivity over the last seven days and hospitalization of 231 people are also record highs, he added.

The Covid-19 risk level was raised in a number of North Dakota counties, according to Burgum. 

“At the point we are right now,” he said, “no county in the state will have a designation lower than yellow,” which approaches the lower end of the Covid-19 risk level. 

At the same press conference, the Department of Human Services Executive Director Chris Jones said that due to an increase in hospitalizations across the country, there is no additional staff to bring in. 

“The level of surge is constrained by the number of available health care workers,” Jones said. 

Some hospital capacity constraints in the state are because of transfers in from Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana, according to Jones. 

Visibly emotional, Jones also discussed the strain being put on health systems, physicians, nurses and other hospital staff.

“For those of you who do not believe, go and talk to them. Ask them what it is like. Ask them about the impact it has on their family. Ask them about the impact it has on them as they treat patients with Covid and other citizens seeking care,” Jones said. 

The North Dakota Department of Health reported Thursday 1,540 new COVID-19 cases and 29 coronavirus related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 596 in the state. 

These numbers were released by the North Dakota Department of Health and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project

The United States has so far recorded 120,921 new Covid-19 cases for Thursday, the highest single-day rise in infections since the pandemic again, according to Johns Hopkins University.

New cases are still being reported and the total tally for Thursday will continue to climb up through the night.

Thursday’s number has already eclipsed Wednesday’s new high of 102,831, which was the first time daily infections had surged past 100,000 in the US.

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