President-elect Joe Biden will likely wear a walking boot for the next several weeks as he recovers from breaking his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, his doctor said.
More than 91,000 people nationwide were hospitalized with the virus on Saturday — 6,000 of those on ventilators. Health workers are now bracing for what they fear will be a new wave of infections after millions of Americans traveled for Thanksgiving.
Minnesota health officials on Sunday reported 57 more COVID-19 deaths in the state. That's along with nearly 9,000 more cases, from a single-day record number of test results.
Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.
The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation's response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people get tested during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and testing sites observe shorter hours.
Government scientists estimate that the true number of coronavirus infections is eight times the reported number of 12.5 million, meaning "most of the country remains at risk," the team reports.
Minnesota’s reported the deaths of 918 people with COVID-19 so far this month. With the state averaging a record 52 deaths a day over the past seven days and 1,800 people still hospitalized with the disease, it could be a tough Thanksgiving in many households.
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