N.Y. Cases Slow After Record; New Strain in Japan: Virus Update

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New York state’s new Covid-19 cases fell for a second day, after reaching a record since the start of the pandemic. California’s average daily deaths rose to a new high. U.S. lawmakers may have been exposed to the virus while they were held in a secure room during Wednesday’s attack on Congress, the Capitol’s attending physician said. North Dakota, once one of the nation’s worst-hit states, has gone two days without a death.