50 ★ States
ALABAMA Montgomery: Hospital officials in the state capital raised concern about a rapid rise in virus cases in Montgomery County. The county, with 2,100 cases, now has the second-highest number of virus cases in the state, second only to Mobile.
ALASKA Bethel: Donlin Gold announced plans to restart its drilling program as the state loosens coronavirus restrictions. The mining company said the drilling program is its largest in 12 years, but operations were suspended in March.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The number of Maricopa County jail inmates who have tested positive for the new coronavirus has increased sharply over the last five days, leading officials to consider mass testing at county correctional facilities.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he will announce this week whether the state can further ease coronavirus restrictions even as the number of cases in the state passed 10,000.
CALIFORNIA Yosemite National
Park: The park will reopen with restrictions on Thursday after being closed for more than 21⁄ months be
2 cause of the coronavirus outbreak, officials announced Monday.
COLORADO Fort Collins: The Poudre School District said it hopes to have students in classrooms when the 2020-21 school year starts in August.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: The University of Connecticut tentatively set Aug. 31 as the first day of classes, but President Thomas Katsouleas cautioned students and staff that it won't be business as usual because of the coronavirus pandemic.
DELAWARE Rehoboth Beach: A man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who refused to wear a mask on the boardwalk was detained and cited Monday for violating Delaware's face-covering rule and refusing to comply with officers, according to the police.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washing
ton: Members of the D.C. National Guard have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of the mass protests across the nation's capital last week, according to Lt. Col. Brooke Davis, a Guard spokeswoman.
FLORIDA Orlando: A nonprofit resort that fulfills the wishes of critically ill children is shutting its doors for the time being because of coronavirus concerns. Give Kids the World Village announced Tuesday that it was temporarily laying off most of its staff at the end of the month.
GEORGIA Athens: A 225-page plan for reopening the University of Georgia campus to students this fall outlines three scenarios, but tells faculty and students to be prepared even for alternatives defined by university task forces, such as changing the start and end dates for semester and altering class periods.
HAWAII Honolulu: A Hawaii woman has been arrested and accused of violating the state's mandatory 14day quarantine for travelers arriving to the islands.
IDAHO Boise: Multiple student-athletes at Boise State University have tested positive for COVID-19 after some teams started returning to campus for workouts, the university said Monday.
ILLINOIS Chicago: City officials on Tuesday canceled Lollapalooza and other summer festivals through Labor Day, citing concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus as the pandemic's financial toll worsened.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Students in Indiana will return to school in the coming months, but what that looks like will vary widely across the state. Following the Indiana Department of Education's release of school reentry guidelines last week, State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick addressed teachers and administrators during a webinar Tuesday, emphasizing the freedom local leaders have to determine how their schools will operate during the coronavirus pandemic.
IOWA Des Moines: Republican legislators are fast-tracking a bill that would give meatpacking plants, nursing homes and other businesses broad immunity from coronavirus lawsuits despite criticism that it would also enable them to ignore workplace safety requirements.
KANSAS Lawrence: The University of Kansas will offer voluntary buyout packages to some faculty members as it grapples with financial losses from the coronavirus pandemic.
KENTUCKY Cave City: Mammoth Cave National Park has reopened one self-guided cave tour, officials said. The tour in the cave's historic section is the only one accessible because of social distancing guidelines put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: The city will let the good times roll in casinos and bars again beginning Saturday, with restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.
MAINE Augusta: A medical products company confirmed the destruction of a limited number of specialized swabs for coronavirus testing because of President Donald Trump's visit. But that was the plan all along, the company said.
MARYLAND Salisbury: Maryland Canvas, a Somerset County company that has been producing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic, is among 25 Maryland businesses that have received a slice of $1.6 million in grants for pivoting to or expanding personal protective equipment production.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The city is offering those who were involved in protests following the death of George Floyd access to coronavirus testing.
MICHIGAN Lansing: Restaurants and bars could sell cocktails and other liquor for pickup or delivery and would see a temporary cut in state liquor prices under legislation overwhelmingly approved by state Senate on Wednesday.
MINNESOTA Sauk Rapids: Businesses in the city can apply for up to $5,000 in grant funds to help them adapt to evolving state rules as they reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: A national restaurant chain has permanently closed one of its restaurants in the Jackson metro are amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CraftWorks Holdings LLC, which operates Logan's Roadhouse, closed 261 of the restaurant's locations in April, according to a report by The Tennessean. The Logan's Roadhouse on 600 E. County Line Road in Ridgeland had locks and chains on all of its doors on Monday. It is among the restaurants that closed permanently, according to a phone recording.
MISSOURI St. Louis: Three major hotels in the St. Louis metropolitan area have told the state they are laying off or furloughing more than 900 employees after the COVID-19 pandemic crippled travel.
MONTANA Kalispell: The western side of Glacier National Park has reopened to visitors after being closed since late March to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
NEBRASKA Omaha: At least five soldiers and one police officer who helped with crowd control at recent protests in Omaha and Lincoln have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said.
NEVADA Reno: A federal judge ruled Tuesday against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state's coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state is forming a work group to start developing guidance for outdoor visits by appointment at longterm care centers, Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette said Tuesday.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: Gov. Phil Murphy hopes to deploy an additional 1,600 people by the end of June to help local agencies with the grueling work of contract tracing – calling up individuals who spent more than 10 minutes within 6 feet of an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 and might be at risk.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: State officials are setting aside time slots for food industry workers for COVID-19 testing at numerous New Mexico Department of Health field offices statewide.
NEW YORK Albany: New York is now allowing nursing homes in some parts of the state to test staff for COVID-19 only once a week, down from a sweeping twice-aweek mandate that began last month.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: State prison inmates are likely facing unlawful “cruel or unusual punishments” in part because correction officials have failed to offer widespread COVID-19 testing within all correctional facilities, a judge said.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: More than a third of North Dakota's longterm care facilities have received state approval to begin reopening. Eighty-two of the 218 facilities have completed testing to qualify for the first phase of reopening. Visitation at nursing homes and assisted living facilities has been restricted since April 6 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: There are 117 new coronavirus cases in Oklahoma and two additional deaths, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Wednesday. There have been at least 7,480 confirmed cases and 355 deaths in the state, up from 7,363 cases and 353 deaths reported Tuesday.
OREGON Salem: Gov. Kate Brown said the state is working to implement a plan to test all staff and residents at long-term care facilities for the new coronavirus. Testing will start at care centers at the highest risk of having an outbreak.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-led Legislature headed toward a legal clash Wednesday over the emergency declaration he issued at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, with lawmakers voting to end it and Wolf insisting he holds veto power.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state plans to have schoolchildren and teachers back in the classroom for face-to-face instruction starting Aug. 31, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.
SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville:
Health officials reported an additional 116 cases of COVID-19 in Greenville County on Monday to mark the 11th consecutive day that the Upstate “hot spot” has led South Carolina in new cases.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: One more person has died from COVID-19 in South Dakota, and 81 more people have confirmed cases, state health officials reported Wednesday.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Attorneys for voting rights groups want Tennessee officials held in contempt of court over claims they have not immediately let all Tennessee voters get ballots to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic as ordered. The state, in turn, has contended it is complying and the groups are citing outdated instructions for local election officials.
TEXAS Austin: The state on Wednesday reported a third consecutive day with a record number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, as a new rise in coronavirus cases ripples across states nationwide. The upward trend comes six weeks into Texas' reopening that began in May, which kicked off one of the fastest reboots of daily life in the U.S.
UTAH Logan: Workers at the JBS USA meatpacking plant and their supporters protested the company's handling of a coronavirus outbreak that has resulted in nearly 300 confirmed cases.
VERMONT Montpelier: The state is able to safely open its schools to inperson instruction in the fall, with safety measures and guidelines that will be published next week, Education Secretary Dan French said Wednesday.
VIRGINIA Staunton: A part-time staff member of the Staunton-Augusta Family YMCA has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release. The part-time employee was working for the YMCA's June 12 reopening, the release said. The Staunton-Augusta Family YMCA has pushed back its expected opening date to June 19.
WASHINGTON Yakima: The coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in Yakima County, with the total number of cases closing in on 5,000. The Yakima Health District reported 215 more infections Monday, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 4,929.
WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: Marshall University employees are continuing to return to their workplaces on the university's campuses and at its centers in southern West Virginia, the university said. The second phase of the return began this week, and the school welcomed up to 50% of workers back.
WISCONSIN Wisconsin Rapids: A paper-making company announced Tuesday that it plans to close mills in Minnesota and Wisconsin because the coronavirus pandemic has depressed demand. The Wisconsin Rapids Tribune reported the Verso Corporation plans to close its mill in Duluth, Minnesota, by the end of June and its mill in Wisconsin Rapids by the end of the July.
WYOMING Cody: A surge in one county has boosted the number of coronavirus cases in Wyoming. Uinta County in southwestern Wyoming has confirmed 11 new cases of the virus in just one day, bringing the county's total number of confirmed cases to 32, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. The local surge raised Wyoming's total count of laboratory-confirmed cases to 760.