Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Hospitalizations Hit Record for 16th Day Straight

reported more than 181,000 new infections for Wednesday, the third day in a row that daily cases have risen, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

due to Covid-19 hit a record—for the 16th day in a row—of 89,959, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

The Thanksgiving holiday period could affect data from states, according to the Covid Tracking Project, with numbers potentially falling and then rising, as testing and reporting decline and then catch up in the following days.

Pennsylvania recorded nearly 7,000 new cases, the second highest daily total in the state since the pandemic began.

Despite warnings from health officials to stay home, holiday travel started picking up over the weekend of Nov.

airports Wednesday, marking the busiest air-travel day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March.

The death rate from Covid-19 is still lower than it was in the spring, when the new coronavirus killed about 0.9% of those infected, according to infectious-disease experts and biostatisticians.

Cuomo said.

Cuomo also said that he spoke with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Covid-19 this week and that the state is working on a winter plan for mitigating the virus's spread, particularly after the Thanksgiving holiday.

"There are a number of theories on how bad the increase will be after Thanksgiving, but they all project an increase post-Thanksgiving," he said.

airports Wednesday, marking the busiest air-travel day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March.

As many as 50 million people were expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, despite warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that people should stay home to help stem the spread of Covid-19, according to an AAA survey conducted before the last CDC warning.

Some air travelers said they knew there were risks to travel, but were planning to take precautions to keep themselves safe.

The crunch is tough in the Midwest, where some of the nation’s strongest coronavirus restrictions have been implemented amid increases in Covid-19 cases, hitting businesses just ahead of the holiday season.

Hawaii is seeking a careful balance as the holiday travel season kicks off: Allow enough visitors to help struggling, tourism-reliant businesses without causing a new wave of coronavirus cases.

The Supreme Court blocked New York from imposing strict limits on attendance at religious services to combat Covid-19, with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett casting the pivotal vote to depart from past cases that deferred to state authorities on public-health measures.

Andrew Cuomo imposed on houses of worship in areas most severely affected by the coronavirus: 10 people in red zones and 25 in orange zones