New York sees ‘warning flags’ off spread

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on residents to heed “warning flags” of COVID-19’S spread in parts of the state, while U.S. deaths rose nationwide along with cases.

New York reported 3,587 cases Saturday, the second day over 3,000 and the most since early May at the tail of the deadly spring outbreak. Cuomo has focused on reining in “clusters” of the virus that have spread in parts of New York City and upstate, where the positive rate is double the rest of the state.

Overall, hospitalizations remain over 1,000 and the statewide positive rate is over 2%. On Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City was “really threatened with a second wave.”

“There are several warning flags in New York,” Cuomo said in a statement Saturday. “As we head into winter months, it’s going to take the work of all New Yorkers to ensure we don’t go back to where we were this spring.”

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Boise, Idaho, is cutting back on refuse pickup because of a shortage of workers “related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” city authorities said in a statement.

Daily cases in the state reached a record 1,330 and hospitalizations rose to almost 300, also a record.

Fronce new coses: 87,000

France reported 86,852 new cases on Saturday, the third consecutive daily record. That’s more than the trailing seven- day average of about 54,000, which itself has doubled in little more than two weeks.

The latest data includes cases from the previous three days, according to French health authorities.

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Slovakia may need to screen all citizens for COVID-19 again in December to allow the government to relax pandemic restrictions, Premier Igor Matovic said.

The country of 5.5 million people is doing a second round of nationwide testing using $5 antibody tests. Twothirds of citizens participated in the first round a week ago, uncovering a 1.1% infection rate.

Ohio coses hit record oyoin

Ohio reported 5,549 infections, the third consecutive record day as cases continue to rise rapidly.

Average daily cases increased this week to 4,290, compared with 2,842 the week before, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.

Republican Gov. Mike Dewine has been issuing stark warnings for the state to follow the health precautions he’s mandated, noting that hospitalizations also have been at an all-time high.

Arizono coses spike

Arizona reported 2,621 cases, the most since August, when the state was beginning to recover from the summer surge of infection in Sun Belt. It was the fifth day in the past week with infections over 1,000 and the second day over 2,000.

Hospitalizations have more than doubled since the beginning of October to more than 1,000 virus cases, still well below the peak of roughly 3,500 in mid-july, according to the Covid Tracking Project.