⁍ The United States reported 79,852 new infections on Saturday, close to the previous day’s record of 84,244 new cases.

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⁍ Hospitalizations are also rising and have hit a two-month high.

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⁍ The city of El Paso in Texas is asking residents to stay home for the next two weeks.

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– The number of people in the US with coronavirus has hit a record high, with 79,852 new cases in the past two days, close to the previous day’s record of 84,244, Reuters reports. Hospitalizations are also rising and deaths are trending upwards, according to a Reuters tally. Hospitalizations are also rising and have hit a two-month high and deaths are trending upwards, according to a Reuters tally. So far in October, 29 states have set records for increases in new cases, including five considered key in the Nov. 3 presidential election: Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Hospitals are strained in several states, including North Dakota, which is the hardest hit based on recent new cases per capita. The city of El Paso in Texas is asking residents to stay home for the next two weeks and the wider El Paso County closed its parks and recreational facilities for 14 days. Over the last three weeks, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the El Paso area has tripled to a record 786, according to state data. “If we continue on this trend, we risk detrimental effects to our entire healthcare system,” the city’s public health director said in a statement. “For the sake of those hospitalized and the frontline healthcare workers working tirelessly each day to care for them, we ask you to please stay home for two weeks and eliminate your interactions with those outside your household until we can flatten the curve.”