October 15 coronavirus news

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reported a record number of new coronavirus cases for a second day in a row during a news conference on Thursday.

A record 2,039 new coronavirus cases were reported on Wednesday.

“Today we are reporting another record 2,178 new coronavirus cases,” DeWine said. “This is in stark contrast to not too long ago. Sept. 20, a month ago, we had 762 cases.”

The governor also reported a sharp rise in hospitalizations.

“Yesterday we had 1,042 hospitalizations, so it basically doubled in a short period of time,” he said.

More data: Ohio currently has a 5.4% positivity rate, DeWine said.

“The percentage of tests coming back positive has doubled,” DeWine said. “We would expect to see some more cases but we have to look at is positivity, we would instead of that we’re seeing a very, very significant increase.”

On Thursday, 13 Ohio counties were added as “high incidence counties," bringing the total number of high incidence counties to 52, according to the governor. DeWine stressed that now 63% of the population is now living in high incidence, high level spread counties where there are more than 100 cases per 100,000 residents. Ten million Ohioans currently live in a community with high risk transmission, DeWine said.

The governor said there were no plans to implement another lockdown and stressed that Ohioans should follow the Covid-19 guidelines such as wearing masks, washing hands, and avoiding large gatherings.

There is currently an order in place to limit indoor gatherings, but not any gatherings at private homes. 

A curfew will take effect in the Paris region and nine cities across France from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting Saturday, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday.

“This means that at 9 p.m., everyone should be at home and that, with some exceptions, all places, businesses or public services open to the public will be closed. These rules must of course be applied with common sense,” Castex said.

The curfew will impact these cities:

People working, traveling for health reasons, catching a train or a plane after 9 p.m. or meeting people who need help or who need health care will be allowed to travel during the curfew as long as they have proof. Just like the lockdown earlier this year, people will need to fill out a certificate declaring their movement. People will be allowed to walk their pets after 9 p.m., Castex said.

Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said a 12,000-strong police force will enforce the curfew and people breaking the curfew will be fined 135 euros (roughly $157) the first time and up to 3,750 euros (roughly $4,387) and three months in jail for the third violation.

Mark Schultz, a bar owner from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, started feeling ill the same day that President Trump revealed he tested positive for the coronavirus, Schultz was then hospitalized, where he experienced serious coronavirus symptoms, including struggling to breathe.

Schultz kept a video diary of his experience and at one point said, "I'm hanging in there. This really sucks... I don't know if I'm going to make it. I can't breathe."

He is still experiencing symptoms and said some days are better than others.

Schultz said President Trump, who has been downplaying the severity of the pandemic, doesn't want to hear from people like him.

Schultz's message to the American public is this: "We all got to take this thing very seriously…We've got to step up as a team. We're the United States of America, not the divided states of America.”

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Iraq’s Ministry of Health reported 3,587 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 416,801.

The seven-day average of new cases has been trending down for the past two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The health ministry also reported 65 Covid-related fatalities on Thursday, bringing the total death toll from the virus in Iraq to 10,086.  

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) announced Thursday that the football game between No. 8-ranked Cincinnati and Tulsa has been postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases at Cincinnati. 

The game, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been rescheduled to Saturday, Dec. 5 at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  

Tulsa’s football team has only played two games this season following Covid-19-related postponements and cancellations. 

You can read the full statement here.

Travelers entering the United Kingdom from Italy will have to self-isolate starting on Sunday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced Thursday.

In a tweet, he said both the Vatican and San Marino will also drop off the UK’s “Travel Corridor,” a list of countries considered safe enough for travelers to visit without self-isolating on entry to the UK. 

He also announced the UK would add the Greek island of Crete to the Travel Corridor, meaning people entering the UK from anywhere in Greece will not have to self-isolate.

Pennsylvania added nearly 1,600 Covid-19 cases, the state health department reported Thursday, marking the 10th consecutive day with more than 1,000 new cases. 

The state reported an additional 21 new deaths. 

Earlier Thursday, the state said it would be adding an outdoor testing clinic in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, to contain what health officials say is a “recent rapid increase in Covid-19 cases.”

You can read the full release here.

Note: These numbers were released by the state’s public health agency and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database, drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.

An ensemble forecast published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now projects there will be 229,000 to 240,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States by Nov. 7.

Unlike some individual models, the CDC’s ensemble forecast only offers projections a few weeks into the future. The previous ensemble forecast, published on Oct. 8, projected up to 233,000 coronavirus deaths by Oct. 30.

At least 217,155 people have already died from Covid-19 in the United States, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The Florida Department of Health reported at least 3,356 new cases of Covid-19 and 144 deaths on Thursday, numbers that include both residents and non-residents of the state, according to the Covid-19 dashboard. 

Florida's case numbers jumped by 487 since yesterday, and the death toll more than doubled, with the state reporting 66 deaths Wednesday.

This marks the eleventh day in October that the state's health department has reported at least 2,200 new cases in a single day, CNN's tally shows.   

The state now has a total of 744,988 coronavirus cases, DOH data shows. The Florida death toll now stands at 15,932 DOH data shows.         

Note: These numbers were released by Florida’s public health agency and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database, drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project