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Coronavirus news: 4 more states added to NY, NJ, CT quarantine list

Thirty-five states and territories are currently on the list.

ByMorgan Winsor and Emily Shapiro
Last Updated: September 9, 2020, 4:35 AM EDT

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 894,000 people worldwide.

Over 27.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has varied from country-to-country. Still, the actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.

Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the virus has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica.

The United States is the worst-affected country, with more than 6.3 million diagnosed cases and at least 189,538 deaths.

California has the most cases of any U.S. state, with more than 742,000 people diagnosed, according to Johns Hopkins data. California is followed by Texas and Florida, with over 659,000 cases and over 650,000 cases respectively.

Nearly 170 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, six of which are in crucial phase three trials.

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Here's how the news developed Tuesday. All times Eastern.
Sep 08, 2020, 3:47 PM EDT

More than 513,000 US children have been diagnosed with COVID-19

In the U.S., 70,630 children were diagnosed with COVID-19 between Aug. 20 and Sept. 3, bringing the total number of kids and teenagers with the coronavirus in the nation to 513,415, according to a report released Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

This marked a 16% increase in over two weeks, the AAP said, based on data compiled by the AAP and the Children's Hospital Association.

A woman holds a child at a testing site for COVID-19 outside Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, April 7, 2020.
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Children made up 9.8% of all reported coronavirus cases as of Sept. 3, the AAP said.

"The data -- while limited because of its reliance on how each state reports its cases -- underscores the urgent need to control the virus in communities before schools and businesses can reopen safely," the AAP said in a Tuesday press release.

ABC News' Eric Strauss contributed to this report.

Sep 08, 2020, 1:51 PM EDT

Fauci expects 'multiple vaccines in 2021'

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says, "my hope, my expectation, is that we'll have not one but multiple vaccines in 2021."

"Unless you have a perfect vaccine, which very few are, you'll always have people who end up sick," Fauci told The New Yorker. "With or without a vaccine, we're going to need other treatments."

PHOTO: People arrive at a COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 4, 2020.
People arrive at a COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 4, 2020. Testing sites for COVID-19 operating in Los Angeles County will close for the Labour Day weekend due to the extreme heat that is forecast to hit Southern California.
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When it comes to Operation Warp Speed -- the White House's public-private partnership aiming to deliver 300 million doses of a safe vaccine -- Fauci said he "never liked the 'warp speed terminology.'"

"It suggests, incorrectly, that you're rushing things," he told The New Yorker. "Whenever people hear things are being rushed, they worry about safety."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 31, 2020, in Washington.
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Fauci said the "warp speed" part actually relates to the money the government put into vaccine production.

"If a vaccine doesn't work, you've lost a few hundred million dollars," Fauci said. "If it does work, if it's safe and effective, you've saved four, five, six months of waiting to get people the vaccine. That's huge."

Sep 08, 2020, 1:24 PM EDT

4 more states added to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut quarantine list

Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia were added on Tuesday to a quarantine list regulated by New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Thirty-five states and territories are currently on the travel advisory list, which applies to any area with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or 10% or highest positivity rate over a one-week rolling average.

"It remains critically important for anyone arriving to New Jersey from these 35 states and territories to get tested for COVID-19 and self-quarantine for 14 days," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement Tuesday.

States and territories that currently qualify for the list are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

Sep 08, 2020, 11:27 AM EDT

Pennsylvania restaurants can soon have 50% occupancy indoors

Pennsylvania restaurants can have 50% occupancy indoors beginning on Sept. 21, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday.

A new Sept. 21 rule also says restaurants must end alcohol sales at 10 p.m.

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