50 ★ States

ALABAMA Mobile: The city is moving ahead with plans to hold Mardi Gras celebrations in early 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, which is quickly worsening.

ALASKA Juneau: The city will receive its own machine to process coronavirus tests starting in December, which should lead to a quicker turnaround time for results.

ARIZONA Phoenix: State health officials reported 1,476 new confirmed coronavirus cases Monday but no new deaths. The state Department of Health Services’ latest figures showed the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 including ventilator use continues to trend upward.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: A newly formed task force dealing with the coronavirus in Arkansas was set to begin meeting Monday. Hospitalizations rose to 830 on Sunday, a record high since the pandemic began.

CALIFORNIA San Diego: Four San Diego County restaurants and gyms that were forced to halt indoor operations beginning Saturday have filed a lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction to halt the shutdown. The plaintiffs assert the state and county orders interfere with their rights and violate the California Constitution, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

COLORADO Denver: The state corrections department would hire a consultant to help it identify and protect medically vulnerable inmates from the coronavirus under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Gov. Ned Lamont has requested that the National Guard be allowed to continue supporting the state’s coronavirus response efforts through the middle of next year. The governor, in a letter to President Donald Trump, also requested that the federal government pick up 100% of the cost.

DELAWARE Dover: Public health officials on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus this summer was mistakenly shared with an unauthorized individual. The state’s Division of Public Health said the data breach included files with the test results, names, dates of birth and phone numbers of 10,000 people. The files did not include financial information.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The local teachers union and DC Public Schools are one step closer to making it possible for kids to have an in-person learning option. After months of negotiations, the two sides have reached a tentative deal that includes a 50-item checklist for coronavirus safety, WUSA-TV reports.

FLORIDA St. Petersburg: State officials reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases Sunday – the most since July.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he is extending coronavirus-driven social distancing and sanitization restrictions for businesses, gatherings and longterm elderly care facilities in the state through the end of the month.

HAWAII Honolulu: The annual Remembrance Day ceremony to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 will be closed to the public this year and streamed online as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

IDAHO Rexburg: Administrators at nursing homes and assisted living centers have started pen pal programs for their residents to safely interact with others amid the pandemic. Madison Carriage Cove Activities Director Emily Spencer put out a Facebook call asking people to write them, the Post Register reports. Ombudsman Tera Fellows said the program has spread across the region, and she has started her own as well.

ILLINOIS Springfield: The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 10,631 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 72 confirmed new deaths.

INDIANA Terre Haute: The Vigo County Health Department is pleading with the community to take coronavirus precautions seriously after officials announced they’ve rented four refrigerated semitrailers to store bodies of COVID-19 decedents. With some funeral homes already “overrun with bodies,” health department administrator Joni Wise said there aren’t enough places to put them.

IOWA Des Moines: Eight labor and civil rights groups filed a federal complaint Friday alleging the state has failed to protect workers in meatpacking, dairy, construction, transportation, health care facilities, nursing homes and other industries.

KANSAS Topeka: Counties that require masks saw about half as many new coronavirus infections as counties that don’t, a study found. “Do Masks Matter in Kansas” produced by the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas found that counties that require masks saw a decrease in their seven-day rolling average of daily cases per capita starting 14 days after the mandate was issued.

KENTUCKY Louisville: The state again recorded a record-high weekly total of new coronavirus cases, with 1,449 additional cases and three more deaths reported Sunday.

LOUISIANA Lafayette: Acadiana’s elected leaders leaned on the region’s medical community to lead efforts to prevent a third COVID-19 wave Thursday, with Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory calling on them to do more to avoid the need for economic restrictions.

MAINE Portland: The organizers of an annual holiday tree and wreath festival have decided to cancel the event this year because of the coronavirus. The Midcoast Tree Festival had been scheduled to start Friday. MARYLAND Baltimore: Drivers have become more aggressive during the pandemic. The Baltimore Sun reports citations from speed ticket cameras in Baltimore County are on track to set a record in 2020. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The city is offering more help to small businesses struggling to stay viable amid the pandemic. Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday announced three relief funds totaling $6.3 million. MICHIGAN Lansing: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that she has the authority to issue a second stayat-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary. She has urged the public to “double down” with precautions to avoid another shelter-in-place order. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Democratic state senators are calling on Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka to resign from his leadership post after Senate Republicans failed to notify their Democratic colleagues, nonpartisan staff and Capitol security of a potential COVID-19 outbreak among GOP ranks in advance of a special session last week. MISSISSIPPI Holly Springs: Officials have identified an outbreak at the Marshall County Correctional Facility, with more than 50 inmates testing positive for the coronavirus. MISSOURI St. Louis: The state reported 3,729 new coronavirus cases Sunday for a total of 239,451 cases, and hospitalizations remain at a high level. BJC HealthCare and Washington University Physicians announced plans Sunday to suspend some elective surgeries to preserve hospital space for COVID-19 patients.

MONTANA Bozeman: Hundreds of Montanans who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments have been asked to pay back the Montana Department of Labor and Industry – some receiving bills for over $10,000 – because of a federal change to eligibility rules.

NEBRASKA Omaha: A group of about 35 people gathered outside a grocery store Saturday to protest the city’s mask mandate. The group originally planned to stage a maskless shopping trip at the Hy-Vee grocery store, but the event turned into an outdoor march after the grocer worked with Omaha police to keep the protest out of the store.

NEVADA Las Vegas: The city’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show is canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The pandemic has underscored the importance of building a system of care that strengthens families and prevents child abuse, neglect and delinquency, according to the head of a watchdog office for the state’s child welfare system. Moira O’Neill, director of the Office of the Child Advocate, said she sees parallels between the experience of living through a pandemic and living as a child in out-of-home care.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: Gov. Phil Murphy said he will be reducing indoor and outdoor gathering limits. The Democrat said Monday that the tighter limits are aimed at limiting house parties, which he said contribute to climbing COVID-19 rates.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The state started its lockdown Monday as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and hospital administrators look to curb coronavirus infections. Under the latest public health order, people are being asked to stay home, and only essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies, big box retailers, hardware stores, auto and bicycle repair shops, and other necessary operations will be open. On Sunday, the number of hospitalizations due to the virus in New Mexico surpassed 500, marking a first since the pandemic began.

NEW YORK New York: The city’s sheriff ’s deputies have stayed busy enforcing coronavirus rules, clamping down on several big, underground night spots over the weekend, including a fight club in the Bronx late Friday that drew as many as 200 people.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: The state’s depositories for old government and academic records, maps, books and genealogical materials have reopened to the public at reduced capacity after being closed for months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Health officials on Monday reported a new high in the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19, following a weekend in which the state enacted new measures in an effort to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The number of virus patients in North Dakota’s medical facilities rose by 10 on Monday, to 332.

OHIO Columbus: The state reported 7,853 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down for a second day from a record 8,071 on Friday. While cases ticked down Sunday, they still sat well above the 21-day average of 4,761.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday announced new restrictions as the numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge across the state. Stitt announced mandates to limit bar and restaurant capacity.

OREGON Portland: State health officials reported 868 new confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and two more deaths. The state is experiencing a spike in coronavirus infections and has reached record-high positivity rates and hospitalizations in November.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: The city is banning indoor dining at restaurants and indoor gatherings of any size as it battles a resurgence of the coronavirus, officials announced Monday. The city also plans to shutter gyms, museums and libraries, prohibit in-person instruction at colleges and high schools, and reduce occupancy at stores and religious institutions, the health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, said Monday.

RHODE ISLAND Cranston: A staterun psychiatric hospital is dealing with a “significant” coronavirus outbreak caused in part by employees showing up to work sick at Eleanor Slater Hospital, authorities said.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: With Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon, state health officials are urging people to get tested for the coronavirus before gathering for the holidays, to wear masks whenever they aren’t eating, and to celebrate outside if possible. But so far, officials aren’t forcefully suggesting people skip holiday celebrations altogether.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: City Council members who pushed for a coronavirus mask mandate that failed to pass last week plan to give it another try Tuesday as the state continues to be a hot spot for COVID-19.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Vanderbilt University announced Monday that it will limit attendance for the final two home games of the football season to families of student-athletes and a group of other students due to concerns about the coronavirus.

TEXAS Austin: The state surpassed 20,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths Monday – the second-highest death count overall in the U.S., trailing only New York, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University.

UTAH Orem: The City Council has passed an ordinance outlawing demonstrations targeting homes following a protest outside the governor’s private residence. The demonstration followed the announcement of a statewide mask mandate.

VERMONT Montpelier: The state will start testing K-12 teachers and staff for the coronavirus this week as a strategy health officials hope helps to track its spread in communities.

VIRGINIA Richmond: State lawmakers were feuding Monday after Democratic House Speaker Eileen FillerCorn announced plans for the chamber to again conduct its work remotely because of the pandemic when it convenes in January. Shortly after the speaker’s office made the announcement, House and Senate GOP leaders said they’d use a procedural move to limit the 2021 session to 30 days, rather than the typical, longer session Filler-Corn said she expected.

WASHINGTON Stanwood: A longterm care facility reported 94 people have tested positive for the coronavirus since late October, marking Josephine Caring Community’s second outbreak since the pandemic began in the spring.

WEST VIRGINIA Glenville: There were 107 active known cases of the coronavirus among inmates at a federal correctional institution in Gilmer County last week.

WYOMING Jackson: County officials have said residents could see tighter coronavirus safety measures, including limits on further gatherings, as cases surge. Teton County District Health Officer Dr. Travis Riddell said he felt it was time to take more drastic action, the Jackson Hole News & Guide reports.