华盛顿州州长杰伊·因斯利(Jay Inslee)宣布了对居民和企业的新限制，因为该州正在应对创纪录的新冠肺炎感染率。
Inslee在新闻发布会上告诉记者，该州目前正在经历“第三波”传播，因为在过去两周内，平均每天的病例数翻了一番。他指出，每日病例数已超过3月份的高点。
周六，华盛顿州记录了超过2286例病例，创下历史新高，周日的初步数字预计将超过周六的数字。该州的住院率上升了约40%健康警官凯西·洛弗博士说。
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2020年11月4日，华盛顿州长杰伊·因斯利在国会大厦一楼与和他一起远程采访的记者交谈
“不作为不是一种选择，”因斯利说。"我们必须采取大胆果断的行动。"
当地时间周一晚上11:59开始，室内社交聚会除非客人已经隔离了14天或者已经隔离了7天，并且在事件发生前48小时收到阴性检测结果，否则禁止与来自家庭以外的人接触。
华盛顿州官员说，户外聚会应该少于五个人。
餐馆和酒吧的室内用餐将停止，但室外用餐和外卖保持不变。健身房、电影院、保龄球馆和博物馆关闭，禁止举行婚礼和葬礼招待会。仪式限30人。
室内零售限25%容量，宗教服务限25%容量或200人，以人数较少者为准。禁止合唱表演。
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医务人员在医院治疗一名冠状病毒病患者(新冠肺炎)
这些措施将于12月14日生效。
“我们知道这些措施可以奏效，”因斯利说。“我们已经向全国展示了他们可以工作。”
华盛顿州是美国第一个在年初爆发新冠肺炎病例的州。
新的限制是除了许多大学协议上个月，在多个校区发现新冠肺炎案件激增后，Inslee成立了该机构。
大多数州的感染率继续急剧上升。周五标志着全国连续第十天出现超过10万例新冠肺炎病例。
根据美国广播公司新闻的分析，47个州以及华盛顿特区、关岛和波多黎各都报告病例激增。
29个州以及华盛顿特区和波多黎各的死亡人数每天都在增加。23个州的住院人数正在增加。
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阿斯特·梅科宁在港湾医疗中心打扫卫生时，给门把手消毒
全国各地医院的重症监护室接近容量。
美国广播公司锡达拉皮兹分公司称，爱荷华州是周六因该病毒住院人数创纪录的州之一KCRG报道。
美国广播公司密歇根州分公司新冠肺炎检测用品公司在底特律的医院正面临短缺WXYZ据报道，位于阿肯色州芒廷霍姆的巴克斯特地区医疗中心报告称，目前有55名员工感染了这种病毒，其中包括密苏里州斯普林菲尔德车站的25名护士KYTV报告。
明尼苏达州公共部门的克里斯·厄尔斯曼周六在一份声明中说，随着病毒的传播，明尼苏达州已经到了一个“绝望和危险的地方”，此前该州报告了创纪录的8703例新病例和35例死亡明星论坛报告。
据《明星论坛报》报道，北达科他州、南达科他州和威斯康星州等邻近州的病例也继续居高不下。
仅在德克萨斯州的埃尔帕索市，就报告了超过31000例活跃病例。2000年颁布了宵禁令厄尔巴索上个月之后感染率上升了160%。
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医务人员在州立大学的免下车测试点提供免费的新冠肺炎测试
埃尔帕索县拘留所的囚犯现在正在协助该市法医办公室的“精疲力竭”人员，将尸体转移到移动停尸房，美国广播公司埃尔帕索分公司KVIA报告。这种帮助是暂时的，因为这座城市正在等待德克萨斯国民警卫队的到来。
当选总统乔·拜登的新冠肺炎顾问委员会成员阿图尔·加万德博士告诉玛莎·拉德达茨本周星期天，美国需要联邦政府高层发出“清晰的声音”。
“我们缺乏这一点，”加文德说。“这导致了公众的混乱和混乱的信息。这将会改变。”
美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇博士在美国有线电视新闻网的“国情咨文”节目中告诉杰克·塔珀，唐纳德·特朗普总统已经几个月没有参加新冠肺炎特别工作组的会议了。
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announces new restrictions amid 'third wave' of COVID-19 cases
Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, announced new restrictions on residents and businesses as the state deals with record-breaking COVID-19 infection rates.
The state is currently undergoing a "third wave" of transmission as average daily cases have doubled in the last two weeks, Inslee told reporters at a news conference. Daily case numbers have surpassed the highs in March, he noted.
On Saturday, Washington state recorded more than 2,286 cases -- a record -- and the preliminary numbers for Sunday are primed to exceed Saturday's numbers. Hospitalization rates have risen about 40%, statehealthofficer Dr. Kathy Lofy said.
"Inaction is not an option," Inslee said. "We have to take bold decisive action."
Starting Monday at 11:59 p.m. local time, indoorsocial gatheringswith people from outside the household are prohibited unless the guests have quarantined for 14 days or they have quarantined for seven days and received a negative test result 48 hours before the event.
Outdoor gatherings should have fewer than five people from outside the household, Washington state officials said.
Indoor dining at restaurants and bars will stop but outdoor dining and takeout remains unchanged. Gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and museums are closed, and weddings and funeral receptions are prohibited. Ceremonies are limited to 30 people.
Indoor retail is limited to 25% capacity and religious services are limited to 25% capacity or 200 people, whichever number is less. Choir performances are prohibited.
The measures will be in effect until Dec. 14.
"We know these measures can work," Inslee said. "We've shown the country they can work."
Washington state was the first in the U.S. to experience an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the beginning of the year.
The new restrictions are in addition toa number of protocols for universitiesInslee instituted last month after multiple campuses saw a jump in COVID-19 cases.
Most states are continuing to see sharp rises in infection rates. Friday marked the tenth consecutive day with over 100,000 COVID-19 cases recorded in the nation.
Forty-seven states, as well as Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, are reporting a surge in cases, according to an ABC News analysis.
Twenty-nine states as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico are seeing a daily increase in deaths. Twenty-three states are seeing an increase in hospitalizations.
Intensive care units at hospitals all over the country arenearing capacity.
Iowa was among the states with a record number of hospitalizations due to the virus on Saturday, ABC Cedar Rapids affiliateKCRG reported.
Hospitals in Detroit are experiencing a shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies, ABC Michigan affiliateWXYZreported, and the Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, has reported that 55 staff members are now sick with the virus, including 25 nurses, Springfield, Missouri, stationKYTVreported.
Minnesota has reached a "desperate and dangerous place" with the spread of the virus, Kris Ehresmann of the Minnesota Department of Public said in a statement on Saturday after a record 8,703 new cases and 35 deaths were reported in the state, theStar Tribunereported.
Cases in neighboring states such as North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin continued to remain high as well, according to the Star Tribune.
More than 31,000 active cases have been reported in the city of El Paso, Texas, alone. A curfew was ordered inEl Pasolast month after the infection rate increased 160%.
Prison inmates from the El Paso County Detention Facility are now assisting "exhausted" personnel from the city's Medical Examiner's Office by moving bodies to mobile morgues, ABC El Paso affiliateKVIAreported. The help is temporary as the city awaits the arrival of the Texas National Guard.
Dr. Atul Gawande, who is on President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, told Martha Raddatz on "This Week" Sunday that the the country is in need of a "clear voice" from the top of the federal government.
"And we’ve lacked that," Gawande said. "It’s led to disarray for the public and confusing messages. That will change."
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" that President Donald Trump has not been to a COVID-19 task force meeting in several months.
