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"We had the highest Friday ever, this last Friday. We had the highest Saturday ever, this last Saturday. We had the highest Sunday ever, yesterday and now we have the highest Monday ever, all in a row," Beshear said. 

Gov. Andy Beshear is providing an update on COVID-19 in Kentucky. Tap to watch live. 

Most of the Paducah Tilghman football team has been put into quarantine by the Purchase District Health Department. 

The Purchase District Health Department began expanded COVID-19 testing in the community on Oct. 5 and now has testing sites scheduled through Nov. 13. 

 At least five people in Vice President Mike Pence's orbit have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, including chief of staff Marc Short, close aide Zach Bauer and outside adviser Marty Obst, sources told CNN.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the commonwealth has set a new unfortunate record for the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a week since the pandemic began, with 9,335 positive cases this week. 

This is the first COVID-19 update the governor has released since being quarantined. The governor and his family have been quarantined since a member of his security team tested positive for the virus. 

(CNN) -- The US just marked a harrowing milestone: It recorded its highest one-day number of Covid-19 infections Friday at more than 83,000 -- more than 6,000 higher than the country's previous record set in July.

The Calloway County Health Department reported 13 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county Saturday. 

SALINE COUNTY, IL —The Egyptian Health Department in southern Illinois reported 37 new cases within three counties Friday, including 26 in Saline County. 

The Calloway County Health Department reported 15 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county Friday. 

Some southern Illinois restaurants continue to welcome dine-in customers, despite the state saying that indoor dining is temporarily not allowed.

"Today we're reporting our third highest day ever of COVID-19 cases," Gov. Andy Beshear said. 

The holidays are approaching, which means colder months and an expected rise COVID-19 cases nationwide. Senior living centers are making sure their residents are protected.

Dr. Carl LeBuhn and other health care leaders fear there could be a spike in COVID-19 cases this winter.

Governor JB Pritzker is providing an update on the coronavirus in Illinois.

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Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Paducah, Kentucky, says a total of 44 staff and residents have tested positive for COVID-19.

The staff members who met the criteria of a close contact of the active case were sent home immediately, the school district said

The health department says 776 Calloway County residents have recovered from the virus so far. 

The new cases bring the county's total number of cases to 944 since testing began.

Illinois State Rep. Dave Severin, who represents District 117 in southern Illinois, announced Thursday that he's tested positive for COVID-19. 

The US Food and Drug Administration approved remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus infection, the drug's maker, Gilead Sciences, said Thursday.

The Marshall County Health Department reported three new COVID-19-related deaths in the west Kentucky county Thursday. 

Gov. Andy Beshear reported 1,330 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky Thursday, as well as 17 new virus-related deaths. 

Moderna, the first company to start US clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine, on Thursday finished enrolling all 30,000 of its participants.

The global hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine for kids is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some U.S. pediatricians worried they may not know if any shots work for young children in time for the next school year.

The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center reported five new coronavirus-related deaths in the southeast Missouri county Wednesday.

The county has had 1,471 COVID-19 cases since testing began.

The Graves County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases in the west Kentucky county Wednesday. 

As Illinois is battles a resurgence of the coronavirus, the governor is laying groundwork for distributing a vaccine when it becomes available.

The special session is slated to begin Nov. 5. That's two days after the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election.

Regarding the new virus-related deaths reported Wednesday, Beshear said the 21 deaths ranged in age from people in their 40s to people in their 90s. Wednesdays number of deaths is second only to Sept. 10, when the state reported 22 deaths. 

"It was the right decision last week when we went to all Distance Learning for high school students and I truly believe it’s the right decision now to return to in-person classes," the district's director of schools says. 

Ten states recorded their highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Tuesday: Kentucky, Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

Governor Mike Parson is providing an update on the coronavirus in Missouri.

The country's seven-day average of new daily cases was above 58,300 as of Monday -- a level not seen since the first week of August, and climbing closer to the summer's peak of 67,200 on July 22.

"Today's COVID report is grim," said Beshear. "It's grim because it shows that we are not just continuing in our third escalation, but this one is now probably, the second most worrisome escalation that we have seen."

The entire Series will be played on artificial turf for the first time since 1993, at new $1.2 billion Globe Life Field, home of a Texas Rangers team eliminated on Sept. 20. 

A new survey predicts shoppers will visit fewer stores than ever this holiday season, ratcheting up the pressure on retailers to capture customers.

The City of Carbondale, Illinois, has released updated Halloween safety guidelines after Gov. JB Pritzker announced that additional COVID-19 resurgence mitigations on Region 5, effective Thursday. 

There are several treatments, and which one is best depends on how sick someone is.

The state reported 647 new cases of COVID-19. The positivity rate sits at 4.97%.

“Every region of the state has started to move in the wrong direction," Pritzker said. 

Health experts say the predicted fall surge is here, and rising cases across the US appear to bear that out.