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o COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
 COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
 Ontario reports 1,328 new infections, marking a new single-day
record for a second day in a row. (CBC)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
 Quebec reports 1,397 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-
day record since the pandemic began and surpasssing previous record one month
ago. (CTV Montreal)
o COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
 Minnesota reports 5,908 new cases, a new single-day record since
the pandemic began. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Utah
 Utah governor Gary Herbert declares a state of emergency and
ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem a surge of COVID-
19. (KUTV)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces a lift on restrictions of the 25-
kilometre (16 mi) travel limit in Melbourne and the "ring of steel" separating the city
from Regional Victoria from 11:59 pm AEDT tonight. He also announces
that gyms, theatres and cinemas will reopen tomorrow, and more people will be allowed
in hospitality and religious venues. It is also the first time that all of Victoria has been on
the same restriction level since late June. (ABC Australia)
Politics and elections

 2020 Myanmar general election

o Burmese people head to the polls. Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to win the election,
despite international accusations of genocide and persecution of the Rohingya minority, who
were also stripped of their voting rights in 2015. (BBC)
 Luis Arce is sworn in as President of Bolivia, succeeding Jeanine Áñez. (El Mundo)
 Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak announces his resignation on social media due to
"health reasons". It comes two days after the chief of the Turkish Central Bank was fired
by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (Reuters)
 Japanese prince Fumihito is officially made heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne. The
crowning ceremony had been delayed by seven months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (BBC)
November 7, 2020 (Saturday)
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Disasters and accidents

 2020 Atlantic hurricane season

o Former Hurricane Eta, now a tropical depression, moves toward Cuba after regaining
strength. The government of the Bahamas issues a tropical storm watch while a state of
emergency is declared in Miami-Dade County, Florida, as the state also prepares for the
impact of the storm. The storm left at least 100 people dead in Central America. (CNN)
Health and environment
 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in North America
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
 Illinois reports 12,348 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in
the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. This
brings the cumulative cases total to 477,978. (WBBM-TV)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri
 Missouri reports 4,559 new confirmed cases in the past 24
hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. This is because the
state "de-duplicates" individuals who have already received a test prior to the 7-
day period. (KOMU-TV)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
 Michigan records 6,225 new cases, a new single-day
record. (MLive.com)