The positive rate of the coronavirus test in Massachusetts fell to a record low of 1.4% on Friday, as health officials reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 212 new cases. The seven-day weighted average of the state’s positive test rate ticks to 1.4% on Friday, the lowest so far “observed …
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A resident of the Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario died on Wednesday after contracting COVID-19, officials said Friday. The death marks the second death of a resident who tested positive for the virus in custody by the Oregon Department of Corrections since the outbreak was first discovered in the …
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The cruise phase began after the space separated from the rocket, shortly after launch. The spacecraft leaves Earth at a speed of about 24,600 mph (about 39,600 km / h). The journey to Mars will take about seven months and about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers). Credit: NASA / …
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State health officials announced 14 other coronavirus deaths Friday, bringing the statewide death count to 8,582. Officials also confirmed another 212 cases of COVID-19, for a total of 113,729 cases across the entire community. That is based on 21,552 new molecular tests reported on Friday, according to the Department of …
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SAN FRANCISCO – A Phase 3 trial of the AstraZeneca vaccine will begin this month in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of six companies that are part of the US Government’s Operation Warp Speed to develop a vaccine. The San Francisco Department of Public Health encourages people …
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