(Newser) – A California correctional facility currently accounts for almost half of the more than 2,000 prison cases in COVID-19 state, a fact that Governor Gavin Newsom now calls a “deep area of focus and concern.” Quoting data from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, USA Today reports that …
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Screenshot: JAMA / YouTube Network This is just the “start” of a dangerous new wave of coronavirus cases that could become more deadly as it reaches a larger population in the US., according to Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC’s senior deputy director. The United States has identified at least 2.59 million …
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Los Angeles County beaches will be closed for the weekend of July 4 to avoid “dangerous overcrowding that causes the spread of the deadly COVID-19,” the county public health department said in a statement Monday. Fireworks will also be banned, the county said. The closure begins just after midnight on …
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The pace of new positive tests slowed over the weekend, but longer reporting delays than usual could lead to an abnormally large number of coronavirus cases to start the week. Still, California’s seven-day average rose more than ever on Sunday with another 4,507 confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the average …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California and Texas hit record peaks in new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a Reuters count showed, as Los Angeles reported a “startling” one-day surge in the second-largest city in the United States. that placed him in over 100,000 cases. Los Angeles has become a new epicenter …
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