50 ★ States

ALABAMA Opelika: Two state agencies say they’ve launched an investigation after a dead cat in the city tested positive for coronavirus. State Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Dee Jones said in a release that so far there seems to be no evidence of companion animals infecting people.

ALASKA Anchorage: Local public health officials said they are investigating a coronavirus outbreak from a youth hockey tournament that drew teams from around the state. More than 300 players, coaches and fans were in attendance at the Termination Dust Invitational, officials said.

ARIZONA Phoenix: State health officials reported 475 new confirmed COVID-19 cases but no additional deaths for the second consecutive day Monday.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in the state hit a record high Sunday of 576.

CALIFORNIA Palm Springs: The California Department of Public Health has issued new guidelines for small, short group gatherings. Previously, state health officials said gatherings were not permitted “unless otherwise specified” in sector-specific guidelines. But as of Friday, outdoor private gatherings of two hours or less are allowed as long as attendees are from no more than three households.

COLORADO Denver: The state faces a substitute teacher shortage that the pandemic is only making worse. In Denver Public Schools, a little more than half of teachers active in the sub pool said they were willing to take in-person assignments this fall.

CONNECTICUT New Haven: Sacred Heart University and the University of Saint Joseph are the latest in the state to use a rapid saliva-based coronavirus test developed at Yale. The schools hope adding the method to tests already being conducted will help them identify cases earlier and prevent large outbreaks on campus.

DELAWARE Dover: A judge on Friday rejected a request by the League of Women Voters to override state election law and allow absentee and mail-in ballots received after the state-mandated deadline in November’s election to be counted. An 8 p.m. cutoff applies to ballots cast under a universal vote-by-mail law enacted by the General Assembly because of the coronavirus.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: D.C.’s coronavirus trend has increased sharply over the past week – up 84% since dropping to its lowest levels since July at the beginning of this month, WUSA-TV reports. The city is now averaging nearly 70 newly confirmed cases a day.

FLORIDA Miami: A marine magnet school on Monday told students not to show up for in-person classes because two students reported having the coronavirus, just days after area schools reopened to brick-and-mortar schooling. Miami-Dade County Public Schools tweeted that physical classes at Mast Academy had been canceled and that students should report to school online.

GEORGIA Atlanta: The state’s top judge signed an order Saturday allowing jury trials to resume in the state. The order extends the statewide judicial emergency amid the pandemic for an additional 30 days but lifts the suspension on jury trials.

HAWAII Kailua-Kona: A billionaire tech entrepreneur with a home on the Big Island has coordinated a donation of 1 million face masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus there. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff helped arrange the estimated $1.9 million donation, West Hawaii Today reports.

IDAHO Idaho Falls: A food bank in the city has announced it will remove letters from President Donald Trump from inside its federal food assistance boxes. The letter addressing recipient families says that citizen health is Trump’s top priority and that he has “prioritized sending nutritious food from our farmers to families in need throughout America” in response to the pandemic.

ILLINOIS Normal: Spring break will remain on the calendar for 2021 at Illinois State University. University officials announced Friday that an “overwhelming number” of faculty, staff and students who responded to a survey wanted the regular break preserved during the pandemic.

INDIANA Indianapolis: The state’s manufacturers have weathered the pandemic better than other industries, even as some plants have been battered by changes in consumer spending amid the public health crisis, according to some business leaders. Companies that make up Indiana’s manufacturing industry are designated essential.

IOWA Des Moines: Mayor Frank Cownie says he is worried a rally planned by President Donald Trump at the Des Moines International Airport on Wednesday could cause COVID-19 to spread in the city.

KANSAS Topeka: Nearly $50 million in funding for COVID-19 testing is still moving through the state’s bidding system more than three weeks after legislators approved the spending, state officials say.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he will quarantine after a member of his security detail tested positive for coronavirus.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: A children’s museum that was shuttered over slow ticket sales in the face of the coronavirus is now subbing as a school. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports the Louisiana Children’s Museum closed in August. But in recent weeks, about 60 students from the Langston Hughes Academy started learning at the museum.

MAINE Fryeburg: All 26 of the state’s agriculture fairs were canceled this year amid the pandemic, but some have tried to salvage the season with virtual versions. The Fryeburg Fair went online this month – even its cow impersonating event, “Moo-La-Palooza.” MARYLAND Annapolis: Gov. Larry Hogan said state officials are no longer considering closing a Maryland State Police helicopter base because of the pandemic’s impact. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Two casinos have been cleared by gambling regulators to start offering roulette again. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to allow Encore Boston Harbor in Everett and MGM Springfield to offer the game with modifications, including a limit of three players per table divided by plexiglass shields. MICHIGAN Lansing: Snow days may no longer be needed for school districts across the state because many students are learning online. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: State health officials on Sunday reported 10 new deaths due to complications from the coronavirus, raising the pandemic’s total to 2,141. The update showed 1,450 new cases in the past day, after a record high Saturday of more than 1,500.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: A “database extract error” resulted in an incorrect inflation of the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the state over several days, health officials said Sunday. Missouri incorrectly reported Saturday more than double the previous single-day record of new COVID-19 cases.

MONTANA Helena: Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and his Democratic opponent, Gov. Steve Bullock, clashed over the response to the pandemic in the last debate of their U.S. Senate race. Bullock accused Daines of stalling on a second federal coronavirus relief package. Bullock said he would not implement stricter measures to limit the spread of the virus, despite a high infection rate in the state, because there was no federal safety net for workers and businesses.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The state kicked off the week by registering nearly 500 new cases of the coronavirus as Nebraska continues to see its number of cases climb, state health statistics showed Monday. NEVADA Carson City: With negotiations over another package of federal coronavirus relief dollars stuck in congressional gridlock, state and local officials are scrambling to spend their allocations before the end-of-year deadline.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth: A person who tested positive for coronavirus may have exposed patrons seated at the bar at the Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Cafe, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said.

NEW JERSEY Glen Ridge: It will be a disappointing Halloween for children who hoped to go trick-or-treating in the township after the borough council announced going door-to-door for candy won’t be allowed this year.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Officials are confirming more COVID-19 infections at the city’s homeless shelter as cases statewide are on the rise. The city reported an additional 72 cases at the shelter Sunday, bringing the total to 93 confirmed infections there since the pandemic began.

NEW YORK Poughkeepsie: Two colleges north of New York City were holding classes remotely, suspending in-person activities and barring visitors Monday after detecting multiple cases of the coronavirus. Iona College in Westchester County said it was moving classes online for two weeks starting Monday after identifying 58 cases transmitted through a “single, isolated event.” Marist College in Poughkeepsie announced its initial lockdown Thursday after learning of coronavirus cases stemming from a weekend off-campus gathering held without masks or social distancing.

NORTH CAROLINA Winston-Salem: The number of people in the state who’ve applied for unemployment benefits since the coronavirus pandemic began has hit 1.31 million.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Many students at the state’s public and nonpublic schools will be receiving cloth masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, state School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said. North Dakota is receiving almost 160,000 masks, an allocation based on the number of students from low-income families.

OHIO Cincinnati: Hitting a grim pandemic milestone, the state has surpassed 5,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The 5,005 Ohio deaths from COVID-19 so far are more than the combined total of the state’s military service deaths in the Vietnam War and the Korean War.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The state on Sunday reported 766 new cases of the coronavirus and three additional deaths.

OREGON Salem: The Oregon Health Authority on Sunday reported 337 new confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, including the first case in Wheeler County. The Eastern Oregon locale was one of the last counties in the United States to see confirmation of the coronavirus. Its 1,300 inhabitants are spread over 1,700 square miles.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Sean Kelly, senior vice president at the Eastern State Penitentiary, said the seasonal “Terror Behind the Walls” attraction has been modified this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The penitentiary, the nation’s oldest prison dating back to 1821, will be offering night tours for the first time. Guests can listen to an audio tour narrated by actor Steve Buscemi and former inmates and guards.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Gov. Gina Raimondo said she does not anticipate relaxing any of the state’s coronavirus restrictions until a vaccine becomes available.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The state Department of Corrections will spend nearly $1 million on air purifiers to combat the spread of COVID-19 in its prisons.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Active coronavirus cases in the state surpassed 6,000 for the first time Monday as officials continued to struggle to contain the virus.

TENNESSEE Nashville: City officials are investigating a worship event outside the city’s historic courthouse Sunday that packed together a big, largely unmasked crowd, despite rising new case counts of COVID-19 in Tennessee.

TEXAS Austin: The state on Sunday reported 2,262 new cases of the coronavirus as the state’s total since the pandemic began nears 800,000.

UTAH Cedar City: Southern Utah University had the highest enrollment growth by percentage among the state’s public universities between 2019 and 2020, according to new numbers from the Utah System of Higher Education. “I am optimistic that college enrollments across the System have held steady despite the coronavirus pandemic,” Commissioner of Higher Education Dave R. Woolstenhulme said in a press release.

VERMONT Montpelier: Champlain Orchards in Addison County has reopened after an outbreak of the coronavirus infected more than two dozen of its seasonal apple pickers.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Dominion Energy says it won’t start cutting off power to people behind on their electric bills even though state regulators recently said utilities may now do so. The Virginian-Pilot reports the company said its aim is to help customers trying to cope financially during the pandemic.

WASHINGTON Yakima: State regulators have fined Yakima Speedway operator Doug Bettarel $2,500 after fans were allowed to attend an auto racing event this month that officials say violated coronavirus safety rules.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has opted not to quarantine or take other precautions after attending a White House meeting last month hosted by President Donald Trump, Morrisey’s spokesman told the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

WISCONSIN Madison: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday that he never had any symptoms after testing positive Oct. 2 for the coronavirus, declaring that COVID-19 “is not a death sentence.”

WYOMING Cheyenne: Officials have opened the first national cemetery in the state. The Cheyenne National Cemetery is designed to serve more than 55,000 veterans, their spouses and eligible children, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports.