There are now 11,188,766 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and 247,101 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Colorado (Updated on Nov. 16):

– 163,417 cases, including 27,719 in Denver County

– 1,444,324 people tested

– 2,546 deaths among cases, including 474 in Denver County

– 1.56% fatality rate in the state

– At least 735 active outbreaks

The latest local COVID-19 news:

– Denver is expected to pass a resolution that will funnel additional $750,000 in federal COVID-19 relief into the city’s Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund.

– Governors and mayors across the U.S. are increasing COVID-19 restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving, fearing that holiday travel and family gatherings will worsen the record-breaking resurgence of the virus.

– Polis and state health officials urge employees to work from home as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations spike.

– As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Polis orders the State Emergency Operations Center to return to Level 1 status.

– El Paso County jail staff and inmates cite lack of masks in COVID-19 outbreak that became one of the largest in the state.

– Another 6,439 Coloradans were diagnosed with COVID-19, nearly double Monday’s daily total. Polis warns residents who ignore the virus that they’re playing Russian roulette.

– Most of Colorado’s 30 largest school districts are planning to offer in-person learning for the rest of the year, but the situation is changing rapidly.

– Colorado’s unemployment rates are rising, with the number of initial pandemic unemployment claims higher than it has been since June.

– Colorado restaurant owners that defied ‘safer-at-home’ order on Mother’s Day close second location.

– Gap Fund offers boost to businesses trying to hold on in pandemic, awarding money to 547 struggling Colorado businesses.

– Pueblo extends citywide curfew over COVID-19 spike, moving the expiration date from Nov. 13 to Nov. 27.

– Colorado sees largest single-day rise in COVID-19 diagnoses since pandemic began.

– A baby was born with COVID-19 in Colorado, now receiving treatment at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver.

– For ‘long haulers,’ coronavirus is a long-term struggle.

– Jail time and $5,000 fines are possible consequences for breaking coronavirus-related lodging rules in Colorado ski towns.