The country's one-week average of new daily cases has moved above 53,000 -- an increase of more than 55% in just over a month, Johns Hopkins data show. Fauci and other public health officials have warned the country should try to lower its daily cases to prepare for new challenges. • At least two states, Illinois and North Carolina, are reporting their highest daily Covid-19 case count to date on Friday, health officials said. • Fourteen states set records for their seven-day average of new daily cases Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins. "This is a serious time for the state of New Mexico," Scrase said, adding the state's curve for seven-day average daily cases was "dwarfing previous curves."

Source: CNN October 16, 2020 05:46 UTC