1. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Where new deaths are rising

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8. Positive COVID-19 tests down in the South, West: 4 CDC updates Full story

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