The Associated Press reported Tuesday morning that preliminary numbers show that this is the deadliest year in U.S. history, primarily due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Associated Press reported Tuesday morning. The United States is on track to see more than 2.4 million deaths this year, or at least 400 more deaths than in 2001.
Meanwhile, Illinois public health officials announced 116 additional casualties Tuesday, bringing the statewide death toll to 15,414 since the outbreak began.
The state also announced new and potential cases of Covid-1 of lowest .9, a day after logging its lowest, 69 cases in almost two months. The number of known infections in Illinois since March was 911,308.
It appears, however, that some help is on the way. On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fawcett received the first dose of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.
New and long-delayed aid from the federal government could come next week, after Congress passed a $ 900 billion epidemic relief package on Monday night. The law, once signed by President Donald Trump, will provide long-requested cash to businesses and individuals and resources for local authorities to vaccinate a nation facing horrendous growth in COVID-19 cases and deaths. It hires schools, healthcare providers and tenants, along with a new round of support for hard-hit-businesses, restaurants and theaters, with temporary incentive payments of $ 300 for temporary weekend supplemental employment benefits and $ 600 for most Americans.
Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with the COVID-19 in the Chicago area and Illinois:
12:08 pm: New and potential cases of COVID-19 and 116 additional deaths were reported on Tuesday.
Illinois public health officials on Tuesday announced 6,239 new and potential cases of Covid-19, a day after it filed its lowest number in nearly two months – 4,699. The number of known infections in Illinois since March was 911,308.
The state has also declared 116 additional casualties, bringing the statewide death toll to 15,414 since the onset of the epidemic.
There were 84,764 tests reported and the statewide positivity rate for the last seven days was %%.
11:26 am: COVID-19 Q&A: Should people worry about a very contagious new strain of coronavirus circulating in England?
British officials have recently expressed fears about a highly contagious coronavirus mutation spreading in England. Dr. of the University of Chicago Medicine. Allison Bartlett, who specializes in the medical management of acute and chronic infectious diseases, said it is important that Americans be aware that this type has been found. But because scientists are actively looking for possible forms during an epidemic, the news of the change shows that the process is working.
“There are multiple mutations in this variant, many of which are spike proteins, which are important for attaching host (human) cells and which are currently the target of available vaccines,” he said. “There are many parameters that affect the transmission of SARS-COVID-19. The structure of the virus is an important parameter, but the behavior of the population and the environment is also crucial. The use of masks, physical distance, ventilation, hand washing all affect the risk of infection, and will be effective and essential ingredients in controlling the epidemic. ”
Bartlett says news of the change has had no effect on vaccination plans in the United States because there is no evidence to suggest that the variable spike protein is so obvious that the current vaccine would not be effective.
11:15 a.m .: R. Kelly will temporarily enter COVID-trial in Chicago in September after a 19-month delay.
After months of delays due to the concerns of Covid-1 concerns, a federal judge in Chicago convicted the accused singer R.C. Kelly set a September hearing date, but said it was “not set on stone” given the uncertainty surrounding the epidemic.
U.S. District Judge Harry Lennenber said during a brief hearing of the situation that the jury selection for Kelly and her co-defendants was tentatively Sept. 13. Change their stories.
Travel-hungry Consumers want to return to their jet-setting mode in 2021, and the COVID-19 vaccine feels a little more optimistic. Airlines and tour operators are trying to reassure customers with more flexibility and outdoor, crowd-free destinations, but many passengers are still reluctant to plan.
According to travel data firm and booking app Happ, sear searches for flights, which were about 25% lower than last year’s level, began to grow rapidly in November amid positive news about the COVID-19 vaccine.
But there is a difference between browsing and booking.
In the first week after the new coronavirus, which endangered the country, was forced to shut down the shed d quarium, penguin handlers had an idea.
Taking advantage of the building’s quiet hulls, the empty spaces where tourists usually gather in front of a fish show, they brought rockhopper penguin Wellington to an Amazon Rising show filled with South American aquatic life.
December 20 years old turns up at the residence at the turned Kington, Rockhopper Penguin Shed Aquarium. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Wellington looked up. He looked to the left, then to the right, and then back to handler Michelle Natasovsky, who was recording the scene on her phone. He then moved to one side of the large tank in front of him, and a red-striped piranha and a black-striped silver dollar seemed to pass by.
In those 27 seconds, a star was born.
It has been the biggest viral sensation of the short, simple Wellington video shed, so the rescued baby sea otter luna above the year 2014-15. As of this writing, Twitter users have watched the video more than 7.7 million times.
In that and subsequent series, known as “Penguin Field Trips,” he and his companions show their natural curiosity in the settings at Shed Rockper and in other museums, from the Magellanic Penguin Exhibition in Chicago to Soldier Field in Chicago. .
The Blue Demons live the basketball version of “Groundhog Day”.
Five more games have been postponed or postponed after a futile trip to the state of Iowa. Now, after missing the first 10 scheduled games since November 25, DePaul is finally looking forward to competing this season when he plays Western Illinois at Winterst Arena on Wednesday.
Fingers crossed. Hard on wood. Hope and prayer. No jinx.
Big East brothers Villanova and Xavier have played eight matches and Crayton have played nine matches so far. DePaul remains painfully undefeated: 0-0.
Cook County health technicians and maintenance workers, as well as Cook County clerks and sheriff’s office fee employees, were striking people working with Kovid-19 patients to demand extra pay and a one-day strike that would allow workers to work remotely, among other demands.
SEU Local 73 has also objected to being used by the county to supplement workers from outside Illinois to county employees, calling them strikebreakers.
“She has six family members at home, many of whom are already infected with the coronavirus,” said Jaunita Irving, who works at Stroger Hospital.
“We come to work every day, putting our lives on the line,” Irving said.
“We want (county officials) to remove the strikebreakers from our hospital and allow us to give them this money,” he said.
The county and the union have been negotiating since September, according to the union. –Chicago Tribune staff
At least 59 Detainees in Illinois custody have died from being infected with the new coronavirus since March – the death toll has nearly doubled since November. A staff member – a 64-year-old nurse near retirement – also died.
Proponents of prisoner rights say delays in expanding state staff testing, freeing thousands of medically weak or other nonviolent prisoners and better enforcing staff mask orders have led to widespread infections and more deaths.
The recent surge in epidemics at the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation has surpassed any peaks so far.
To keep the numbers in perspective, there were less than 700 known infections of inmates and staff at IDOC from March to early August when the latest increase began. Since then, the total number of infections has risen to more than 9,000 cases, state figures show. Total, Approximately 10,000 inmates and staff tested positive.
“This is a complete failure by the state,” said Jennifer Soble, executive director of the Illinois Prison Project. “There’s no question that COVID will put him in jail. Tragedy is the number of people who have fallen ill and died. That tragedy was preventable. ”
Members of the Town Council in general in Central Illinois on Monday waived the 2021 liquor license fee renewal for some businesses struggling during the COVID-19 epidemic.
An ordinance waiving some liquor license renewals for the Normal Town Council, bar and rest restaurant rents was approved by a 6-1 vote.
“The purpose of this is to alleviate the conflict of community industries,” Mayor Chris Cusse said. “It’s a way we feel we can help small businesses.”
Under the scheme, operators of bubbles, hotels, taprooms, stadiums, movie theaters will not have to pay renewal fees.
License renewals were also waived on adequate consumption only for other beers; All alcohol on space consumption; Outdoor premises for existing licensing licenses; Limited hours on space usage; And college colleges / universities were waived.
If a business is found to be in violation of state or local COVID-19 regulations, businesses must pay the license renewal amount within 30 days. Pentagraph, by Tribune Content Agency
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