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We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. In the run-up to the Independence Day weekend, Alaska recorded another death and another record-high daily count of new COVID-19 cases involving Alaskans and nonresidents, state data showed Friday. A 15th Alaskan has died with the virus, according to data posted Friday from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. The Anchorage resident was a man in his 80s who died last month, and the virus “was listed as a contributing cause of death,” the state health department said in a statement Friday afternoon....

A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one of the iconic lion statues in front of the New York Public Library Main Branch on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in New York, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one of the iconic lion statues in front of the New York Public Library Main Branch on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in New York, amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

State reports 290 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths Updated: 4:21 PM EDT Jul 3, 2020 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 17 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Friday, bringing the state's total to 8,149.In addition, state health officials reported 290 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 109,628.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 data.LIST: Updated town-by-town breakdown released by state Of the new cases reported Friday, 78 are probable. None of the newly reported deaths fell into the probable category.DPH began reporting both confirmed cases and probable cases on June 1. State health offi...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the latest health directive issued Friday, the Shelby County Health Department said they will be making masks mandatory for everyone in the county while out in public. Health department director Dr. Alisa Haushalter said more than 50% of the public has been wearing masks, but the messaging isn’t working, so they have to mandate facial coverings to curb COVID-19. “We already have the ability to enforce within restaurants and other facilities that we inspect,” Haushalter said, “and then we also in writing the health directive have the ability to empower law enforcement to act on our behalf for enforcement.” Masks were already mandatory in the city of Memphis after City Council approved an ordinance late last month. In a news conference Haush...