►Nearly 100 NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday, the league’s most significant outbreak since the pandemic started in spring 2020. At least 39 NBA players were in the league's COVID-19 health and safety protocols by Thursday evening, while the NHL shut down three teams through the holiday break to curb the spread. The pace of new coronavirus cases is about four times higher than a month ago. The city is reporting cases at a rate about 3.6 times higher than the level the Centers for Disease Control says represents high levels of community transmission. ►Washington, D.C., shattered a COVID-19 record that stood since January, reporting 2,517 cases in the week ending Friday, according to USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. ►The Netherlands will be under a nationwide lockdown starting Saturday as infections from the omicron variant surge. Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not outline the terms of the lockdown but said it will build on a partial lockdown already in place. ►Amid a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and concerns about the omicron variant, Harvard University announced Saturday it will move to remote learning when classes resume in January. and Florida – they have been rising at a faster rate than in New York. Cases are climbing in about half of U.S. states, and in some places – including Hawaii, Washington D.C. While New York has seen the highest number of new cases out of any state in the past week, Ohio and Illinois follow closely behind, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The numbers are going up exponentially by day,” Gov. New York has seen a steady increase in new cases that began in the western part of the state and has taken off in New York in the last week, in part due to the newest variant of concern, omicron.
"Saturday Night Live" announced Saturday there would be no live audience for that night's show, which will also have a limited cast and crew. On Saturday, the city reported over 5,000 new cases and over 200 new hospitalizations, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter. City data shows cases have been rising – at first slowly and now rapidly – since late October, when the city was reporting less than 1,000 cases per day.Ī slew of performances from the Rockettes to Broadway shows were cancelled due to outbreaks among cast members, causing tourists to cancel their plans to visit. 14, 2021.Ĭases are also spiking in New York City, the epicenter of the nation's first coronavirus wave. The state reported Friday that over 21,000 people tested positive the previous day, the highest single-day total since testing was widespread. The total tops the previous record of just under 20,000 on Jan. New York state, hit hard in the earliest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, has now tallied a record number of COVID cases in a single day. Watch Video: COVID-19 omicron variant causes long lines at NYC testing centers
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