The English champion Liverpool has condemned the behavior of some fans who gathered in the city to celebrate the club’s victory in the Premier League after a 30-year wait. Merseyside police issued a dispersal order for central Liverpool on Friday night. This allowed police to disperse the crowds that gathered …
Read More »Trump campaign postpones Pence’s appearances in Arizona and Florida
Trump’s reelection campaign has postponed upcoming events for Vice President Mike Pence in Arizona and Florida out of “a lot of caution,” as those states, among others, see their peak of COVID-19 cases. On Friday, the vice president falsely claimed that the United States had paved the curve despite conflicting …
Read More »The increase continues: Utah reports 578 new cases of COVID-19, with one new death; St. George UCI close to capacity
sUtah experienced a 578 increase in COVID-19 on Saturday as an increase in infections continued to stress medical providers and hospital capacity. That brought the state’s total to 20,628 positive cases so far in the pandemic, a daily rate increase of 2.9% from Friday. The state reported an additional death …
Read More »Florida breaks daily record with almost 10,000 new cases of coronavirus
Continuing his record weekFlorida has reported 9,585 new positive cases of COVID-19, breaking the previous day’s record of 8,942 cases. The state total is now 132,545 cases. Hospitalizations have reached 14,136, according to the Florida Department of Health. About 3,400 people have died in Florida from COVID-19. Florida broke its …
Read More »Multiple reports of mosquito-borne diseases in southwest Georgia
VALDOSTA, Georgia (WALB) – Public health officials are encouraging South Georgians to take precautions against mosquitoes when they are outdoors. The Southern Health District received two confirmed reports of West Nile Virus through mosquito testing in Lowndes County and one confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in an EMU in …
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