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ALABAMA Montgomery: All public schools will reopen for traditional classes this fall, but they’ll also offer options for virtual learning for children whose parents aren’t comfortable sending them back, the state school superintendent said Friday.

ALASKA Seward: Health officials have urged anyone who went to two businesses to take a COVID-19 test after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus. The state Department of Health and Social Services has said visitors and employees who were at the Seward Alehouse and Yukon Bar last week should get tested, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Some hospitals have begun activating surge plans to increase their capacity to treat coronavirus patients as confirmed cases in the state rise. Large hospitals activating plans to add capacity include Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa and Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, officials said.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The state on Saturday reported 570 more coronavirus cases and 10 more deaths. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he’s not ready to further ease restrictions on businesses. Arkansas’ virus numbers have dramatically risen since last month, when businesses began reopening.

CALIFORNIA Anaheim: Beachgoers packed Orange County’s shoreline Saturday, and not everybody wore masks, worrying public health and elected officials who say people were letting their guard down even as the coronavirus surges across the state.

COLORADO Denver: The opioid epidemic is still raging and predicted to get even worse thanks to the stress, isolation and financial devastation of the coronavirus, the Colorado Sun reports. And if a wave of substance abuse and overdose deaths comes, Colorado will have fewer resources to handle it because the state stripped at least $26 million for substanceabuse prevention, awareness and treatment from next year’s budget.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: A survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 4.94% of Connecticut’s population would test positive for COVID-19 antibodies, based on samples collected between April 26 and May 3.

DELAWARE Wilmington: The state will not move into the next phase of its economic reopening plan as scheduled Monday, Gov. John Carney announced. “Too many Delawareans and visitors are not following basic public health precautions,” he said.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The nation’s capital saw 1,031 new cases of coronavirus reported Saturday, making D.C.’s positivity rate 3%, according to WUSA-TV. It was the fourth day in a row that the rate had been below 10%, a key metric in the district’s reopening plan.

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale: The state banned alcohol consumption at bars Friday after its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, a new record that was almost double the previous mark set just two days prior. The state then set another record in daily confirmed cases Saturday.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Health officials reported 1,990 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, another record in the state. Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday that he doesn’t plan to implement any more coronavirus restrictions.

HAWAII Honolulu: The city has announced campgrounds will reopen for the first time in three months with limited permits to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. The city will now issue permits for just over 100 campsites across Oahu, Hawaii News Now reports.

IDAHO Boise: Hospitals are preparing for a potential influx of older patients after a recent spike in coronavirus infections among young people visiting bars who are likely bringing the illness home to parents and grandparents. Barton Hill, of St. Luke’s Health System, said most of the people testing positive recently have been in their 20s and 30s.

ILLINOIS Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum plans to reopen for visitors Wednesday after shutting down to limit spread of the coronavirus.

INDIANA Indianapolis: The National FFA Organization will hold its national convention in October virtually instead of in the city, the group said.

IOWA Iowa City: Some bars and other businesses are voluntarily closing their doors amid an increase in COVID-19 cases. Confirmed coronavirus cases in Iowa rose by 380 on Saturday, for a total of 27,935. The state also reported three more deaths to bring the total to 704.

KANSAS Kansas City: The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, announced Saturday that a requirement that masks be worn in public will go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration reported Saturday that the state has 316 new cases of the novel coronavirus and one new death. The Bluegrass State is now up to 15,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 554 deaths, according to the latest data.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Thousands of front-line employees who worked at grocery stores, drove buses and manned health care facilities in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak appear on track to receive a $250, one-time check from the state, under a proposal that won unanimous Senate support Friday. The 38-0 vote from senators sends the bill back to the House for one final vote.

MAINE Portland: Cards that claim to exempt holders from the need to wear a face mask are fake, Maine’s U.S. attorney said Friday. U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank said members of the public are finding fraudulent cards and other documents that bear the U.S. Department of Justice seal and claim to exempt individuals from face mask requirements.

MARYLAND Annapolis: The positivity rate of COVID-19 in people under the age of 35 in the state is now 34% higher than the rate in people 35 and older, Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: There won’t be massive crowds on the banks of the Charles River for the annual Boston Pops July Fourth concert this year, but organizers are promising a mix of old and new material. The broadcast-only concert will honor front-line and essential workers as well as those who’ve died in the pandemic, according to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: A second state prison inmate has died after testing positive for COVID-19, state corrections officials said Saturday.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Legislation in the House proposes using $50 million of the state’s federal coronavirus relief funding to improve broadband access for students in underserved areas during the pandemic.

MISSOURI Branson: A jump in coronavirus cases after many area businesses reopened to tourists has health officials concerned. The Taney County Health Department urged people to wear masks in public after reporting 11 new cases Saturday, according to the Kansas City Star. Branson Landing, an outdoor mall along Lake Taneycomo, will host an Independence Day celebration this week with a beer garden, musical acts and fireworks.

MONTANA Kalispell: The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has voted to close the eastern boundary of Glacier National Park for the rest of the tourist season after a recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the state.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The latest state health figures show the number of hospital beds available has dropped below 40% as the state continues to see more COVID-19 cases confirmed.

NEVADA Carson City: The state on Saturday reported a record daily increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases. But health officials later said the bulge largely resulted from laboratory data entry errors that delayed the posting of hundreds of cases from two previous days.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: As families deal with disruption caused by the pandemic, several state agencies are teaming up to distribute 25,000 health and wellness kits to families that include dental supplies, medication disposal pouches, and flyers on monitoring emotional and mental well-being. The New Hampshire National Guard is packing the kits. It will deliver them to participating schools and regional pickup sites in the next two weeks.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: The state’s schools will be open for in-person instruction in the fall, as long as COVID-19 trends don’t worsen, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Hospitals have started to loosen restrictions that kept family and friends from visiting patients. San Juan Regional Medical Center said patients who have not tested positive for COVID-19 will be allowed one visitor. Lovelace Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital and the University of New Mexico Hospital, all in Albuquerque, have also announced similar visitation policies, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

NEW YORK New York: A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing coronavirus restrictions limiting indoor religious gatherings to 25% capacity when other types of gatherings are limited to 50%.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: State lawmakers finished most of their work for the year early Friday, setting another Medicaid overhaul date, funding a monument to honor African Americans and attempting to reopen businesses shuttered by Gov. Roy Cooper due to COVID-19.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Outdoor visitation and limited indoor communal activities for residents in long-term care facilities are rapidly being allowed at most facilities in the state.

OHIO Belvidere: The Warren County GOP has signed a resolution calling on Gov. Mike DeWine to open the state to “all commerce” and allow residents “to make lawful decisions regarding their own wellbeing and safety.” They accuse DeWine of not having “reacted appropriately” to the pandemic.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is nearing 13,000, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said Sunday.

OREGON Portland: Authorities have released new modeling that shows increased transmission of the coronavirus since the state began reopening in mid-May. The Oregon Health Authority and the Institute for Disease Modeling found the transmission rate increased 15% after May 15 and another 10% after May 22, the start of Memorial Day weekend.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The state’s health secretary on Friday defended her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak inside the nursing homes and personal care facilities that account for almost 70% of the state’s nearly 6,600 fatalities.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Rhode Island has recorded its first case of a rare but serious inflammatory condition in children that has been linked to the coronavirus, state Department of Health Director Nicole AlexanderScott said Friday.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The state continues to see a surge of coronavirus cases, with health officials reporting more than 1,300 newly confirmed cases Sunday.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The state is launching a program to provide counseling and support for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Social Services announced Friday. The program is encouraging people to call 211, a state crisis hotline, if they feel stress or financial burden.

TENNESSEE Nashville: State health officials on Friday again reported the biggest one-day jump in people testing positive for COVID-19, the second time that’s happened within a week. The record was reported not long before Nashville joined Memphis in moving to require people to wear face masks in many public settings.

TEXAS Austin: Confirmed cases of the coronavirus continued to surge Saturday with the state reporting 5,747 new cases. A day earlier, Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars again and scaled back restaurant dining as cases climbed to record levels after the state embarked on one of America’s fastest reopenings.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A rural county commissioner has apologized after comparing Gov. Gary Herbert to Hitler in a social media post after the Republican governor gave approval to two counties to mandate masks.

VERMONT Montpelier: The state is expanding the area from where people can visit Vermont without quarantining to dozens more low-COVID19 counties as far away as Ohio and West Virginia, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday. The goal of the expanded program that begins July 1 is to make it possible for more people to visit Vermont easily and help revive the state’s tourism industry, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.

VIRGINIA Richmond: As the state prepares to enter Phase Three of the Forward Virginia reopening plan Wednesday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced he will no longer hold regular COVID-19 press briefings.

WASHINGTON Olympia: Gov. Jay Inslee announced Saturday that a recent increase in coronavirus numbers means counties won’t be able to move to the fourth phase of his reopening plan for now.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Gov. Jim Justice unveiled his plans for a $1.25 billion coronavirus aid package Friday after months of questions about how he would spend the money. Justice had long said he wanted to use the package to fill holes in the state budget, though federal rules limited spending to costs incurred due to the pandemic.

WISCONSIN Madison: The state Department of Natural Resources will resume in-person hunter safety courses next month, with face masks and social distancing, after a hunter advocacy group sued the department alleging it had no authority to cancel them and was denying people their constitutional right to hunt.

WYOMING Sheridan: Northern Wyoming Community College District trustees plan to consider a budget Wednesday with an almost $4 million cut that includes $2.8 million in cuts to athletics at Sheridan and Gillette colleges. College officials cited the coronavirus pandemic and expected steep cuts to state funding.

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports