Health

A brief decline in the number of people in hospitals with COVID-19 reversed on Friday, June 26, as a record 318 people were hospitalized with the disease, including 105 in intensive care, according to the county public health panel. Hospitalizations, which only include confirmed cases of COVID-19, occur when the …

It was a staggering number that caused the number of New Jersey coronavirus deaths to rise in an instant by almost 15%. On Thursday, Governor Phil Murphy announced that 1,854 probable deaths from COVID-19 would be added to the state’s official count, to account for the people who likely died …

Last week, a study in the United Kingdom found that dexamethasone, a common steroid, increased survival in seriously ill COVID-19 patients who needed help breathing. Within days of that report, weekly demand for dexamethasone increased by more than 600% in the US, according to data from health care performance improvement …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Lenny Curry released a statement Friday night, saying that 214 Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighters have been quarantined and 14 tested positive for COVID-19. The mayor posted on Twitter: I have been closely monitoring the health and safety of our firefighters since Chief Powers first …

Florida health officials reported a new record in increasing daily coronavirus cases on Saturday, making it the third day this week a record was broken. The Health Department reported more than 9,600 new cases of COVID-19, beating Friday’s record of nearly 9,000 cases. The state has reported more than 132,000 …