冠状病毒大流行现在已经在全球范围内造成超过613，000人死亡。
据报道，全球已有超过1480万人被诊断患有由新型呼吸道病毒引起的COVID-19数据由约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心编辑。实际数字是据信要高得多由于检测短缺，许多未报告的病例，以及怀疑一些政府隐瞒或淡化本国疫情的范围。
这美国已成为受影响最严重的国家，确诊病例超过380万，至少有141，845人死亡。
晚上7:48:洛杉矶称大多数新病例发生在41岁以下的人群中
卫生部官员说，在洛杉矶县，年轻人继续造成新的COVID-19感染。
该县周二报告了2741例新的COVID-19病例，其中57%是41岁以下的人。
然而，公共卫生主管芭芭拉·费勒说，绝大多数死亡病例——将近75%——都是65岁以上的人。该年龄组占所有病例的11%。
费勒说:“我们正在目睹的悲剧是，我们的许多年轻居民相互影响，不遵守建议的预防措施，而我们的老年居民继续经历这种日益扩大的传播的结果，带来最糟糕的健康后果，包括死亡。”
该县有161，673例COVID-19确诊病例和4，154例死亡病例。
周二，加州全州共报告了400，769例病例。周三，这个数字可能会超过纽约州目前的408，181人。
下午6:34:德克萨斯州继续出现创纪录的住院人数
德克萨斯州周二报告了创纪录的19人住院病例。
根据州政府的数据，目前全州共有10，848名患者住院。自7月10日以来，住院人数一直保持在1万人以上。
该州周一新增病例9305例，总计341739例。新增死亡人数为131人，使全州死亡人数达到4151人。
截至周一，检测阳性率为15.05%。
下午5:52:特朗普在三个月来的第一次冠状病毒简报会上敦促使用口罩
在唐纳德·特朗普总统近三个月来首次以冠状病毒危机为焦点的简报会上，他鼓励人们戴上口罩，并表示这一流行病将“在好转之前变得更糟。”
特朗普说:“不管你喜不喜欢这个面具，它们都有影响。”稀有occcasions通常可以看到没穿。在周二的发布会上，他说“需要的时候”他会戴上面具
2020年7月21日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿白宫举行的冠状病毒(COVID-19)应对新闻发布会上向记者提问。
随着冠状病毒病例在该国激增，特别是在南方，简报会又回来了。
特朗普说:“不幸的是，在好转之前，情况可能会变得更糟。”“事情就是这样。”
总统说，获得疫苗“仍然是当务之急。”特朗普说，两个候选疫苗将于本月进入临床试验，另外四个将于未来几周进入临床试验。他补充说，军队随时准备分发他们。
安东尼·福西博士和黛博拉·比克斯博士在过去的简报会上没有出席周二的会议。当记者问及他们在哪里时，特朗普说Birx就在“外面”。
简报会持续了大约半个小时，与以前的简报会形成对比，以前的简报会有将近两个小时。
下午4点45分:福西说他没有被邀请参加白宫简报会
美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇博士周二下午告诉美国有线电视新闻网，他没有被邀请参加唐纳德·特朗普总统下午5点在白宫举行的简报会。
“我没有被邀请到这一点，”福西说，在简报会之前。“我想我不会去那里，因为那只是一小段时间，我还在国立卫生研究院。”
当被问及他最后一次与总统谈话是什么时候时，福西说他“在上周末与总统进行了一次很好的、长时间的谈话。”
2020年7月21日，得克萨斯州埃尔帕索市埃尔帕索社区学院瓦莱维德校区，一名护士在一个新开的大型得来速站点向车里的人招手。
福克斯新闻周日对特朗普的描述作出回应，称美国传染病领域的顶级专家是“危言耸听者。”
福西说:“人们对我的反应有自己的看法。”"与其说我是危言耸听者，不如说我是现实主义者。"
福西说，大流行已经过去五个月了，美国的检测系统“不完整。”
2020年7月21日，人们在密歇根州兰辛的州议会大厦的草坪上锻炼。在密歇根州府草坪上举行的健身运动和集会旨在突出运动在COVID-19大流行期间的益处。
他说:“这不是我们想要的制服。”“我们需要做得更好，尤其是当你在应对我们现在在南部一些州看到的巨浪时。”
当被问及美国人需要做些什么来减缓这种疾病的传播时，福西说，普遍戴口罩、关闭酒吧、保持身体距离和良好的手部卫生。
他说:“这不是火箭科学。”
下午4:20:路易斯安那州将第二阶段限制再延长两周
州长约翰·贝尔·爱德华兹周二宣布，随着住院人数的增加，路易斯安那州将把第二阶段限制延长至8月7日。
在接下来的两周内，面具在全州范围内是强制性的，人群限制在50人以内，酒吧只能外带。
2020年7月9日，在新奥尔良杂志街的埃尔帕索墨西哥烧烤店，玛丽亚·琼斯(中间)和她的母亲史黛西·琼斯坐在一张户外餐桌旁。COVID-19病例和住院人数的急剧增加，迫使这个热爱美好时光、依赖旅游的城市的酒吧在获准部分重新营业仅一个月后再次关闭。
州长说，路易斯安那州的人均COVID为19例，在全国排名第二。
下午3:50:诺贝尔奖晚宴60多年来首次取消
诺贝尔基金会周二表示，诺贝尔奖宴会因流感大流行60多年来首次被取消。
通常所有的获奖者及其家人会在12月聚集在斯德哥尔摩和奥斯陆，在斯德哥尔摩市政厅举行传统的诺贝尔晚宴。
该基金会在一份声明中称，今年的颁奖典礼仍将于12月10日在奥斯陆和斯德哥尔摩举行，但“新的形式既符合社交距离限制，又考虑到只有部分获奖者或可能没有获奖者现场参与。”
该基金会称，宴会将被取消，因为该活动将在室内空间容纳1000多人。
诺贝尔奖将像往常一样在10月宣布。
下午3:20:加州希望继续“扩大”联系人追踪
加州卫生与公众服务部部长马克·加利博士周二说，从一开始，受灾严重的加州官员就设想重新开放“调光开关”，根据正在进行的数据进行修改。
2020年7月21日，在加利福尼亚州的核桃溪市，徽章发廊的造型师里贾纳·穆斯里莫娃在发廊后面的停车场理发。在加州州长加文·纽瑟姆宣布指导理发店和发廊在户外理发的一天后，发廊重新向客户开放理发。根据新的指导方针，“室外作业可以在帐篷、遮阳棚或其他遮阳棚下进行，只要不超过一侧关闭，允许足够的室外空气流动。
他说:“加州人的整体健康和福祉将永远指导我们的决策。”他还补充说，州政府官员对调整方法持开放态度。
2020年7月9日，加利福尼亚州奥克斯纳德市圣约翰地区医疗中心的重症监护室里，一名医务人员穿着防护服。
2020年7月16日，洛杉矶，驾车者在道奇体育场排队接受冠状病毒测试。
“我们的目标一直是在明确的行业指导下遏制病毒...以及测试和接触追踪。”
关于接触追踪，加利说，“我们需要继续扩大规模...尽管高水平的传播使传统的接触追踪变得不切实际和困难。”
2020年7月20日，洛杉矶道奇体育场，在COVID-19大流行期间，经理戴夫·罗伯茨、鲍勃·格伦和迪诺·埃贝尔在与亚利桑那响尾蛇队的季前赛中排队等候国歌。
Ghaly说:“接触者追踪是一种在公共卫生领域屡试不爽的方法。”“在我们看到的全州范围内的传播水平上，甚至是一个非常非常强大的接触追踪程序...将很难教出每一个案例。”
加利说，数千名州工作人员已经接受了培训，并准备部署到各县。
2020年7月16日，加州帝国海滩一所关闭的高中，一名圣地亚哥县护士在一个新开的试驾点工作。
“随着我们一个县一个县地建立能力...将会有一些新的和重要的方法去接触接触者。”
如果COVID-19阳性的人可以使“最初的接触...这是减少传播的另一个重要途径。”
下午1:40:特朗普政府与医院就宗教住宿进行合作
特朗普政府表示，正在与医院合作，为宗教领袖探访病人和医护人员提供便利。
卫生与公众服务部民权办公室主任罗杰·塞韦里诺(Roger Severino)周二对记者表示，政府迄今已帮助解决了几个问题，其中包括一名医学院学生，他不想剃胡子，但被告知N95呼吸器不合适。
塞韦里诺说，这名学生在纽约市的史坦顿岛大学医院轮流值班，他被允许使用电动空气净化呼吸器。
塞韦里诺说:“这是一个双赢的局面。”“它避免了不得不迫使某人在他们根深蒂固的宗教信仰和从事医学实践之间做出选择的困难和痛苦局面。”
在另一个案例中，特朗普政府进行了干预，一名马里兰州妇女在6月份被告知，她的丈夫在经历了一场严重的摩托车事故后不能接待访客。医院并不认为他已经接近死亡，并认为来访者存在安全隐患。
塞韦里诺说，卫生和公众服务部进行了干预，一名牧师被允许探视。
塞韦里诺说:“精神上的需求并不仅仅存在于死亡的边缘。”
下午1:05:南卡罗来纳州国民警卫队帮助医院应对突发事件
官员们周二表示，南卡罗来纳州国民警卫队正在向五家医院派遣大约40名医务人员，以帮助应对COVID-19的激增。
医院官员说，自7月1日以来，乔治敦县和朱古力小灵精县报告了4000多例新的冠状病毒病例。
官员称，所有当地医院的重症监护室、急诊和住院部都已达到或接近饱和。
下午12:20:纽约旅游咨询名单新增10个州
纽约和新泽西的旅游咨询名单上增加了10个新的州。
新的州有:阿拉斯加、特拉华、印第安纳、马里兰、密苏里、蒙大拿、内布拉斯加、北达科他、弗吉尼亚和华盛顿。
2020年7月7日，西雅图水手队外野手凯尔·刘易斯(中右)在西雅图与队友一起练习棒球。
2020年6月22日，印第安纳波利斯，黛安·托梅在麦克莱兰小学打扫教室。
这些州加入了进来:阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、佛罗里达州、乔治亚州、爱荷华州、爱达荷州、堪萨斯州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、北卡罗来纳州、新墨西哥州、内华达州、俄亥俄州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州、田纳西州、德克萨斯州、犹他州和威斯康星州。
明尼苏达州已从名单中删除。
从这些州前往纽约、新泽西或康涅狄格的旅客必须隔离两周。
2020年7月3日，人们聚集在马里兰州海洋城的海滩上。
隔离适用于平均一周内每100，000名居民中阳性检测率高于10%的州，或平均一周内阳性率高于10%的州。
上午11点40分，佛罗里达州要求家长签署弃权书，允许孩子参加课外活动
在佛罗里达州的高地县，家长必须签署一份COVID-19弃权书，让学生在今年夏天和下一学年参加课外活动。据美国广播公司WFTS分公司报道。
豁免要求父母同意每天检查孩子的体温，目视检查孩子的疾病迹象，并确认孩子在过去两周内没有接触过冠状病毒阳性的人。父母还必须同意，如果孩子有生病的迹象，他们必须立即去接孩子，并让孩子呆在家里，至少72小时不吃药，直到他们没有生病。
副警长安德鲁·莱斯布里奇告诉WFTS，这项豁免旨在提醒家长，现在参加任何活动都有风险。
上午11:05:佛罗里达州有5个县没有重症监护室床位
根据佛罗里达州医疗保健管理局的数据，在受灾严重的佛罗里达州，赫尔南多、门罗、拿骚、奥凯乔比和普特纳姆五个县截至周二早上都没有重症监护室床位。
该机构称，在全州成人重症监护室床位中，仅有16.47%可供使用。
这些数字预计会全天波动。
根据该州卫生部的数据，自大流行开始以来，佛罗里达州至少有21，780名冠状病毒患者住院治疗，比周一增加了517人。
2020年7月19日，在佛罗里达州迈阿密花园的硬石体育场，医护人员在COVID-19免下车检测中心检测人群时，国民警卫队指挥车辆。
佛罗里达州的阳性率现在为13.62%，该州的COVID-19病例数达到369，834例。
包括迈阿密在内的迈阿密戴德县和包括巴拿马城在内的海湾县受灾尤为严重。
2020年7月18日，佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩，胡安·卡洛斯(Juan Carlos)是Ocean 10餐厅的主持人，他站在餐厅门口拒绝顾客，因为从晚上8点到早上6点的宵禁已经实施。该市恢复宵禁是为了抗击冠状病毒的传播，冠状病毒在重新开业后激增。
2020年7月18日，佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩，一名迈阿密海滩警察指挥人们离开娱乐区，从晚上8点到早上6点实行宵禁，以防止冠状病毒的传播
迈阿密戴德县的阳性率为19.2%，而海湾县的阳性率为24.4%，根据该州的卫生部。
员工检测呈阳性后，新泽西州上午10:05关闭车管所
州官员周二宣布，新泽西州韦恩市的一家车管所许可中心在一名员工检测呈阳性后将关闭一周。
工厂将被消毒，员工将被隔离两周。
上午9:25:阿拉巴马州的病例在两周内增加了一倍
伯明翰以东约70英里的阿拉巴马州卡尔霍恩县的官员恳求当地居民戴上口罩，因为该地区已有19例病例激增。
卡尔霍恩县应急管理主任迈克尔·巴顿周一表示，在该县814例冠状病毒病例中，430例是在过去两周内报告的。
“这是令人担忧的，”巴顿说，并补充说，医院是在一个“空前的高，在达到我们的能力。”
两周前，当地一家医院有5名COVID-19患者。那家医院现在有44名病人。
阿拉巴马州州长凯·艾维上周发布了一项全州范围的强制性口罩要求。
当地斯特林堡纪念医院的首席执行官乔·韦弗说:“一定要戴上口罩，尽可能遵守所有的标准和准则。”“我们知道这是限制性的，但同时，没有别的东西。此时此刻，我们别无选择。”
凌晨4:43:俄罗斯第一个COVID-19疫苗准备好了，国防部副部长说
俄罗斯第一种新型冠状病毒疫苗已经准备好了，第一副国防部长罗斯兰·察利科夫告诉《论辩报》。
这种疫苗是由军事专家和加马莱亚国家流行病学和微生物学研究中心的科学家发明的。
“国家研究中心的专家和科学家已经对测试结果进行了最终评估。在释放的那一刻，所有志愿者无一例外地对冠状病毒产生了免疫力，感觉正常。因此，第一个针对新型冠状病毒感染的国内疫苗已经准备好了。”
凌晨2:43:沃思堡联邦女子监狱宣布第三起与COVID相关的死亡
美国监狱管理局周一晚间宣布了第三起与COVID相关的死亡事件，发生在位于德克萨斯州沃思堡的联邦女子医疗监狱——联邦监狱。
特蕾莎·伊利，51岁，于6月30日被检测出COVID-19呈阳性，并被送往当地医院接受治疗，直到周一去世。
英国防部表示，伊利“患有长期的、预先存在的疾病，美国疾病控制与预防中心将其列为发展为更严重的COVID-19疾病的危险因素。”
监狱里的一份声明写道:“伊利是一名51岁的女性，因参与犯罪活动和继续犯罪活动在弗吉尼亚州西区被判252个月的徒刑。”"自2007年9月19日以来，伊利一直被关押在伦敦金融中心的卡斯韦尔监狱."
凌晨1:37:至少在训练营的头两周，NFL球员将每天接受COVID-19测试
美国国家橄榄球联盟宣布，在训练营的头两周，球员们将每天接受冠状病毒测试。
一位消息人士告诉ESPN的亚当·舍夫特，联盟也向美国国家橄榄球联盟球员协会提出今年夏天不打季前赛。
今年球员们一直在争取不打季前赛，联盟一直在寻求打两场比赛，而不是通常的四场。
一位消息人士告诉ESPN的丹·格拉齐亚诺，联盟对球员的提议包括提供一个更长的训练营适应期，这更接近联盟的提议。
NFLPA还没有通知联盟是否会接受这个提议。
上午12:45:与教堂相关的COVID-19疫情继续在西弗吉尼亚州爆发
西弗吉尼亚州州长吉姆·贾斯蒂斯周一称，西弗吉尼亚州的格兰特、洛根和伍德县的教堂发现了几起新的COVID-19病毒爆发。
上周，司法部表示，已经在布恩、卡那华、罗利和泰勒县发现了更多与教堂相关的疫情。
这七个县的疫情合计约占总病例数的75%。
大法官说:“我们绝对要坚持到底。”"请知道教堂的环境是传播这种病毒的理想环境."
州长敦促所有在教堂做礼拜的西弗吉尼亚人遵守该州的安全指南，包括使用每隔一个座位，保持社交距离和戴口罩。
法官说:“我知道这些事情真的很难做。”“但是，就目前而言，他们必须这样做，因为如果我们不这样做，我们将失去更多的人。”
他说:“我们很可能失去很多我们的祖母和祖父——那些有如此多的智慧可以继续传承下去的人——我们绝对不需要失去这些伟大的西弗吉尼亚人。”
Coronavirus updates: Fauci says he wasn't invited to White House briefing
The novelcoronaviruspandemic has now killed more than 613,000 people worldwide.
Over 14.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according todatacompiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers arebelieved to be much higherdue to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their nations' outbreaks.
TheUnited Stateshas become the worst-affected country, with more than 3.8 million diagnosed cases and at least 141,845 deaths.
7:48 p.m.: Los Angeles says most new cases are in people below age 41
Younger people are continuing to drive new COVID-19 infections in Los Angeles County, health department officials said.
The county reported 2,741 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, of which 57% were people under age 41.
However an overwhelming majority of all deaths -- nearly 75% -- are in people over the age of 65, Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said. That age group accounts for 11% of all cases.
"The tragedy of what we are witnessing is that many of our younger residents are interacting with each other and not adhering to the recommended prevention measures, while our older residents continue to experience the results of this increased spread with the worst health outcomes, including death," Ferrer said.
The county has 161,673 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,154 deaths.
Statewide, California reported 400,769 total cases on Tuesday. That number will likely edge out New York's statewide total -- currently at 408,181 -- on Wednesday.
6:34 p.m.: Texas continues to see record hospitalizations
Texas reported a new record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday.
There are 10,848 patients currently hospitalized statewide, according to state data. Hospitalizations have remained above 10,000 since July 10.
The state saw 9,305 new cases on Monday, for a total of 341,739. There were 131 new fatalities, bringing the statewide total to 4,151.
The testing positivity rate was 15.05% as of Monday.
5:52 p.m.: Trump, at his 1st coronavirus briefing in 3 months, urges mask use
At President Donald Trump's first briefing focused on the coronavirus crisis in nearly three months, he encouraged people to wear masks and said that the pandemic will "get worse before it gets better."
"Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact," said Trump, who, except onrare occcasionsis usually seennot wearing one. At Tuesday's briefing, he said he wears a mask "when I need."
The return of the briefings comes as cases of the coronavirus have surged in the country, particularly in the South.
"It will probably, unfortunately get worse before it gets better," Trump said. "That's the way it is."
The president said getting a vaccine "remains a top priority." Two vaccine candidates are entering clinical trials this month, and four others will in the coming weeks, Trump said. The military is ready to distribute them whenever they're ready, he added.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, fixtures at past briefings, were not in attendance Tuesday. Birx was "right outside," Trump said when a reporter asked where they were.
The briefing lasted about half an hour, in contrast to previous briefings, some of which came close to two hours long.
4:45 p.m.: Fauci says he was not invited to White House briefing
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN Tuesday afternoon that he had not been invited to President Donald Trump's 5 p.m. White House briefing.
"I was not invited up to this point," Fauci said prior to the briefing. "I'm assuming that I'm not going to be there, because it's going to be in just a short while, and I'm still here at the NIH [National Institutes of Health]."
Asked when was the last time he spoke to the president, Fauci said he had a "good, long conversation with him towards the end of last week."
Fauci also responded to Trump's characterization on Fox News on Sunday that the nation's top expert on infectious diseases is an "alarmist."
"People have their opinion about my reaction to things," Fauci said. "I consider myself more of a realist than an alarmist."
Five months into the pandemic, Fauci said the U.S. testing system is "patchy."
"It isn't as uniform as we would like," he said. "We need to do better, particularly when you're dealing with the surges that we're seeing now in some of the southern states."
Asked what Americans need to do to slow the spread, Fauci said universal mask wearing, closing bars, physical distancing and good hand hygiene.
"It's not rocket science," he said.
4:20 p.m.: Louisiana extends Phase 2 restrictions for another 2 weeks
As hospitalizations rise, Louisiana is extending its Phase 2 restrictions until Aug. 7, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday.
For the next two weeks, masks are mandatory across the state, crowds are limited to 50 people, and bars must be take-out only.
Louisiana is ranks second in the nation per capita in COVID-19 cases, the governor said.
3:50 p.m.: Nobel Prize banquet canceled for 1st time in over 60 years
The Nobel Prize banquet has been canceled for the first time in over 60 years due to the pandemic, the Nobel Foundation said Tuesday.
Usually all the Laureates and their families gather in Stockholm and Oslo in December and a traditional Nobel Banquet is held at the Stockholm City Hall.
This year, the award ceremony will still take place in Oslo and Stockholm on Dec. 10, but with "new formats that both comply with social distancing restrictions and take into account that only some or perhaps no Laureates will participate on site," the foundation said in a statement.
The banquet will be canceled because the event hosts over 1,000 people in an indoor space, the foundation said.
The Nobel Prizes will be announced in October as usual.
3:20 p.m.: California looking to continue to 'scale up' contact tracing
From the outset, officials in hard-hit California have envisioned reopening as a "dimmer switch," making modifications based on the ongoing data, California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday.
"The overall health and well-being of Californians will always guide our decisions," he said, adding that state officials are open to adapting approaches.
"Our goal has always been to box the virus in with clear sector guidance ... as well as testing and contact tracing," Ghaly said.
Regarding contact tracing, Ghaly said, "we need to continue to scale it up ... even despite the fact that high levels of transmission have made traditional contact tracing impractical and difficult to do."
"Contact tracing is a tried-and-true method in public health," Ghaly said. "At the level of transmission that we're seeing across the state, even a very, very robust contact tracing program ... will have a hard time teaching out to every single case."
Thousands of state staff members have been trained and are ready to be deployed to counties, Ghaly said.
"As we build up the capacity county by county ... there are gonna be some novel and important approaches to reach out to contacts," he continued.
If COVID-19 positive people can make "that initial reach out ... that's another important way to reduce transmission," he said.
1:40 p.m.: Trump administration working with hospitals on religious accommodations
The Trump administration says it is working with hospitals on accommodations for religious leaders to visit patients and health care workers.
Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Health and Human Services Department, told reporters Tuesday that the administration has helped to resolve several issues so far, including a medical student who didn't want to shave his beard but was told the N95 respirator wouldn't fit properly otherwise.
The student, who was on rotation at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City, was allowed to use a powered air purifying respirator instead, Severino said.
"This was a win-win situation," Severino said. "It avoided the difficult and painful situation of having to force someone to choose between their deeply held religious beliefs and pursuing the practice of medicine."
In another case, the Trump administration intervened when a Maryland woman was told in June that her husband couldn't receive visitors after being in a serious motorcycle accident. The hospital did not believe he was close to death and thought visitors presented safety concerns.
The Health and Human Services Department intervened and a priest was allowed to visit, Severino said.
"Spiritual needs don't exist only at the point of death" Severino said.
1:05 p.m.: South Carolina National Guard to help hospitals with surge
The South Carolina National Guard is sending about 40 medics to five hospitals to help respond to a COVID-19 surge, officials said Tuesday.
Georgetown County and Horry County have reported over 4,000 new coronavirus cases since July 1, hospital officials said.
All local hospitals are at or near capacity in their ICU, emergency and inpatient care departments, officials said.
12:20 p.m.: 10 new states added to NY travel advisory list
Ten new states have been added to New York and New Jersey's travel advisory list.
The new states are: Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Virginia and Washington.
Those states join: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
Minnesota has been removed from the list.
Travelers headed to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut from those states must quarantine for two weeks.
The quarantine applies to states with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a one-week average, or any state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a one-week average.
11:40 a.m. Florida county asks parents to sign waiver for kids to take part in after-school activities
In Highlands County, Florida, parents must sign a COVID-19 waiver for students to take part in extracurricular activities this summer and during the upcoming school year,reported ABC affiliate WFTS.
The waiver asks that parents agree to check their children's temperature each day, visually inspect their children for signs of illness and confirm that the children have not been in contact with a coronavirus-positive person in the last two weeks. Parents also must agree to promptly pick up their children if they show signs of illness and to keep their children at home until they are illness-free for at least 72 hours without medicine.
The waiver is meant to remind parents that participating in any activity now carries a risk, Deputy Superintendent Andrew Lethbridge told WFTS.
11:05 a.m.: Florida has 5 counties with no available ICU beds
In hard-hit Florida, five counties -- Hernando, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee and Putnam -- had no available ICU beds as of Tuesday morning, according to the state's Agency for Healthcare Administration.
Of the adult ICU beds across the state, just 16.47% are available, the agency said.
Those numbers are expected to fluctuate throughout the day.
At least 21,780 coronavirus patients in Florida have been hospitalized since the pandemic began -- up 517 from Monday, according to the state's Department of Health.
Florida's positivity rate is now at 13.62% as the state's number of COVID-19 cases reaches 369,834.
Miami-Dade County, which includes Miami, and Bay County, which includes Panama City, are especially hard hit.
Miami-Dade County has a positivity rate of 19.2% while Bay County's positivity rate stands at 24.4%, according to the state's Department of Health.
10:05 a.m.: NJ closing DMV center after employee tests positive
A DMV licensing center in Wayne, New Jersey, is closing for one week after an employee tested positive, state officials announced Tuesday.
The facility will be sanitized and the employee will quarantine for two weeks.
9:25 a.m.: Cases in Alabama county double in 2 weeks
Officials in Calhoun County, Alabama, about 70 miles east of Birmingham, are pleading with residents to wear masks as COVID-19 cases surge in the area.
Of the county's 814 coronavirus cases, 430 of those were reported in just the last two weeks, Michael Barton, Director of Emergency Management for Calhoun County, said Monday.
"This is alarming," Barton said, adding that hospitals are at an "all-time high in reaching our capacity."
One local hospital had five COVID-19 patients two weeks ago. That hospital now has 44 patients.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a mandatory statewide mask requirement last week.
"Make sure that you wear your mask and you adhere to all of the standards and guidelines that you possibly can," urged Joe Weaver, CEO at the local Stringfellow Memorial Hospital. "We know it's restrictive, but at the same time, there's no other thing. There's nothing else that we can do at this point in time."
4:43 a.m.: Russia's first COVID-19 vaccine ready, deputy defense minister says
Russia's first vaccine against the novel coronavirus is ready, First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov told Argumenty i Fakty newspaper.
The vaccine was created by military specialists and scientists of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology.
"Final assessments on the results of testing by our specialists and scientists of the National Research Center have been already made. At the moment of release all volunteers without exception developed immunity against the coronavirus and felt normal. So, the first domestic vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection is ready," Tsalikov told the newspaper.
2:43 a.m.: Fort Worth federal women's prison announces 3rd COVID-related death
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons announced late Monday a third COVID-related death at FMC Carswell, a specialized federal medical prison for women in Fort Worth, Texas.
Teresa Ely, 51, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 30 and was transported to a local hospital where she received treatment until she died Monday.
Ely had "long-term, pre-existing medical conditions, which the CDC lists as risk factors for developing more severe COVID-19 disease," the BOP said.
"Ms. Ely was a 51-year-old female who was sentenced in the Western District of Virginia to a 252-month sentence for Engaging in a Criminal Enterprise and Continuing a Criminal Enterprise," read a statement from the prison. "Ms. Ely had been in custody at FMC Carswell since September 19, 2007."
1:37 a.m.: NFL players will be tested daily for COVID-19 for at least the first two weeks of training camp
The NFL announced that players will be tested daily for the coronavirus for at least the first two weeks of training camp.
The league also made an offer to the NFL Players Association to play no preseason games this summer, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The players had been pushing to not play preseason games this year, and the league had been seeking to play two games instead of the usual four.
The league's proposal to the players includes an offer for a longer training camp acclimation period, a source told ESPN's Dan Graziano, and that is closer to what the union proposed.
The NFLPA has not yet informed the league whether it will accept the proposal.
