Doctors Call for More Restrictions and Caution as Virus Surges

— Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio

Nov. 15, 2020, 1:25 a.m. ET6 hours ago

“More than 1 in every 400 people tested positive in the past week, and infections and hospitalizations have hit record levels across the country. Rising deaths have pushed even some reluctant governors to issue mask mandates and to limit gatherings.

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Here’s what you need to know:

• Doctors plead on social media for Americans to take the virus surge seriously.
• About 1 in 323 Americans test positive in a week, as records fall and North Dakota issues restrictions.
• A Texas court reverses El Paso’s coronavirus restrictions, and such legal challenges are expected elsewhere.
• Two dozen infected residents have died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Kentucky veterans center.
• The months ahead look ‘quite horrifying’ as U.S. deaths increase.
• Trump drives by a largely unmasked rally of his supporters in D.C.
• N.Y.C.’s positivity rate stays below 3 percent, leaving schools open.
• Austria goes into a full lockdown, and other news from around the world.”