The Latest: Alaska hits daily new coronavirus case record

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska on Saturday reported hitting a daily record in new coronavirus cases.

The state reported 604 cases, the highest in a single day since Oct. 25, when 526 cases were tallied, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

The Department of Health and Social Services says there were no new deaths from the virus. The state has had 19,306 cases and 79 deaths since the coronavirus hit.

The Daily News reports that 95 people were currently hospitalized with the virus in Alaska as of Saturday, slightly down from Friday’s record of 97 hospitalizations. Another 10 hospital patients were suspected of having COVID-19, according to state data.

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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:

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— Italy hits record 39,800 daily coronavirus cases

— Germany reports daily record of more than 23,000 virus cases

— North Dakota, South Dakota have nation's worst virus deaths per capita in last 30 days

— Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows diagnosed with the coronavirus

— Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico on Saturday for the second day in a row reported nearly 1,300 additional COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths.

Officials say there are 1,287 additional cases, a one-day record that was the same number reported Friday. But officials on Saturday also said that 10 of...