Alabama has run out of ICU beds amid the surge in hospitalizations. In Louisiana, over 3,000 students and school staff have gone into quarantine in the New Orleans Public School District after a number of positive COVID cases.

In other coronavirus news, the Transportation Security Administration is extending the federal mask mandate for airline, bus and trains into January 2022. This all comes as the United States topped 37 million cases, just eight days after it passed 36 million infections.