A nurse puts a swab into a vial after administering a test at the state run free COVID-19 testing site setup in Reading, Penn. on Oct. 13.
Credit:	Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images

A nurse puts a swab into a vial after administering a test at the state run free COVID-19 testing site setup in Reading, Penn. on Oct. 13.
Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images

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More than half of US states broke records in daily Covid-19 cases this month. Now hospitals brace for an onslaught

The fall Covid-19 surge keeps growing, with 29 states setting new records this month for the most new daily cases since the pandemic began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.