Coronavirus Daily: Friday, August 14

A new study finds half of Americans now know someone who has had COVID-19. And, the CDC warns nearly 200,000 Americans could be dead from coronavirus by Labor Day. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Friday.

Joe Biden is calling for a three-month-long nationwide mask mandate, the head of the CDC says the U.S. could be in for the "worst fall" ever and Florida's governor compared reopening schools to the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Thursday.

The number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19 in the United States is trending downward, but as schools reopen, one district already has more than 1,100 students in quarantine. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Wednesday.

It's now a felony to attack a store worker in Illinois who is enforcing a mask policy and the Big Ten Conference has canceled its fall football season. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Tuesday.

The US hit 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases over the weekend as President Trump signed an executive order extending unemployment benefits at $400 per week. Meanwhile, cases in one state are up more than 300% in the past two weeks, while one country has not seen any community spread in three months. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Monday.

After months of increases, the number of tests being performed in the US dropped 17% since last week, schools in New York can open to in-person learning, and after testing positive for COVID, Ohio's governor has now tested negative. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Friday.

Officials in Los Angeles can turn off water and power to houses hosting large parties, Ohio's governor tests positive for COVID-19 and an analysis finds as cases and deaths surge, testing is declining. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Thursday.

Are children "almost immune" from COVID-19 as a now-removed Facebook post by the president claims? And, as the United States nears 5 million confirmed COVID cases, one state just passed 500,000 cases of its own. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Wednesday.

"We are at a defining moment for the world’s children and young people," the UN Secretary-General said about schools being closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as the number of deaths is expected to surge in the US, the number of cases and the national positivity rate are down (that's really good). This is your Coronavirus Daily for Tuesday.

The US is averaging more than 1,000 COVID deaths a day, a peak not seen since late May. And, nearly half of the people at a Georgia overnight camp, where masks were not required, have tested positive for the virus. This is your Coronavirus Daily for Monday.