Coronavirus updates: 23-year-old college student dies from COVID-19
Jamesha Waddell, a senior at Livingstone College, died Thursday.
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide.
Over 58.7 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 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.
The United States is the worst-affected nation, with more than 12.2 million diagnosed cases and at least 256,783 deaths.
Nearly 200 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least 10 of which are in crucial phase three studies. Of those 10 potential vaccines in late-stage trials, there are currently five that will be available in the United States if approved.
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New York reaches highest hospitalization numbers since June
New York state has 2,124 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, the most since June 9, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.
"Our micro-cluster strategy and testing capacity will help us through this new season, but ensuring we don't go back to where we were in the spring is going to depend on our behavior," Cuomo warned.
The state’s positivity rate stands at 3.18%, with 5,088 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Ohio announces 3-week overnight curfew
In hard-hit Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a three-week curfew that will begin Thursday and run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night.
"The situation in Ohio is deteriorating," DeWine warned.
Every county has at least twice the high-incidence level set by the CDC, he said.
Ohio has over 312,000 COVID-19 cases and at least 5,772 fatalities.
"I'm also asking each Ohioan every day to do at least one thing that reduces your contact with others," DeWine tweeted. "If we can cut down contacts by 20-25 percent, this will make a difference. Paired with mask-wearing, this will go a long way from stopping our hospitals from being overrun."
US surpasses 2 million monthly cases for 1st time
Barely halfway through November, the U.S. has surpassed 2 million monthly cases for the first time, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
The U.S. is now averaging more than 150,000 new cases every day, nearly three times the average from just a month ago, the COVID Tracking Project found. Every state in the country is reporting an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases.
The previous record number of cases in a single month was 1,897,631 in July.
ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos, Brian Hartman, Ben Bell and Soorin Kim contributed to this report.
All but 3 states in 'red zone,' per White House Coronavirus Task Force report
All states except Vermont, Maine and Hawaii are in the "red zone" as the pandemic intensifies across the U.S., according to the most recent weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing for governors, dated Nov. 15.
Wisconsin is experiencing "an unrelenting rise in cases and test positivity over the last two months," the report said.
“Illinois has seen an explosive rise in cases and test positivity over the last six weeks," the report said. Illinois' hospitalizations are at an all-time high and deaths are increasing rapidly.
In Oklahoma, hospitalizations are increasing week over week, the report said. An increase in cases in the last "two weeks correlate with Halloween and related activities," and "with Thanksgiving and upcoming holidays, Oklahomans must understand the COVID-19 situation statewide."
Meanwhile, in the West and the South, “Colorado has seen a relentless increase in cases and hospitalization over the past two months," while “Florida is in the midst of a viral resurgence," the report said.
A state qualifies for "red zone" for cases if it has 101 or more new cases per 100,000 population.
ABC News' Josh Margolin contributed to this report.
FDA could approve emergency use of Pfizer vaccine in December
Pfizer said it's completed its submission to the Food and Drug Administration in which the company requests emergency use authorization for its vaccine.
The FDA is expected to start digging into the efficacy and safety data immediately, and it could make a decision as early as mid-December.
ABC News' Sony Salzman contributed to this report.