US sets new daily case record for 2nd straight day
The U.S. reached its single-day record with over 90,000 COVID-19 cases.
Over 45.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. 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. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has also varied from country to country.
COVID-19 has killed more than 1.18 million people worldwide.
The United States is the worst-affected nation, with more than 9 million diagnosed cases and at least 229,585 lives lost.
The U.S. battle against the pandemic is headed in a dangerous direction as the nation reached its single-day record for cases on Thursday, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Forty-two states and territories are in an upward trajectory of new cases, according to an internal Health and Human Services memo obtained by ABC News.
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Illinois reports record high number of cases
Illinois on Friday reported 6,943 cases, exceeding Thursday's record of 6,363.
“Things are moving in a bad direction all across our state,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. "We have a real problem on our hands and people’s lives hang in the balance."
The state's seven-day positivity rate has increased to 8.5%. At least 402,000 people have been diagnosed, and at least 9,711 have died.
ABC News’ Will Gretsky contributed to this report.
Ohio breaks yet another daily case record
Ohio reached a record number of daily cases for the second day in a row on Friday, Gov. Mike DeWine said.
With 3,845 more cases in the last 24 hours, the state now has over 212,000 people diagnosed.
Sixteen more people died in Ohio in the last 24 hours, bringing the state’s death toll to 5,291, according to state data.
Georgia governor quarantining after exposure
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife are quarantining after learning on Friday that they “were recently exposed to an individual who received a positive test,” tweeted Kemp’s press secretary, Cody Hall.
Kemp and the first lady, Marty Kemp, have since been tested, Hall said. Results of their tests have not yet been released.
Florida tops 800,000 cases
Florida reported 5,592 daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the state’s total to 800,216, according to Florida’s Department of Health.
Florida, a key state in the election, has the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country, behind California and Texas, respectively.
There were 92 more deaths recorded in Florida in the last 24 hours, bringing the fatality total to 16,947, according to state data.
Florida’s positivity rate stands at 5.89%.
ABC News’ Scott Withers contributed to this report.