PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Allegheny County Health Department says an increase in coronavirus cases in the Pittsburgh area has been linked to several bars, and not protests. The Health Department reports 83 new cases Monday, the county-wide total now stands at 2,651 cases. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald says that …
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DETROIT – When it comes to tracking the way a virus circulates, researchers use many traditional methods, such as contact tracking. While that’s important, it only gives a narrow window on transmission among a limited number of people. Local 4 Dr. Frank McGeorge explains how epidemiologists can get a 10,000 …
Read More »Has the coronavirus (COVID-19) been mutating?
DETROIT – Since the start of the outbreak, scientists have known the genetic sequence of COVID-19, but over time, researchers have seen it change, leading to the theory that the coronavirus is mutating. Update June 26, 2020: Michigan coronavirus cases (COVID-19) up to 62,695, death toll now at 5,888 A …
Read More »65 Coronavirus Cases (COVID-19) Now Linked to Outbreak in East Lansing Bar
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Health officials have now linked 65 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to The outbreak at a bar in East Lansing. On Tuesday, a notice was issued that 14 people who went to Harper’s Restaurant and Brew Pub in East Lansing he had tested positive for the coronavirus. …
Read More »US health officials believe 20 million Americans have had COVID-19, 10 times as many as 2.3 million confirmed cases.
WASHINGTON – US officials believe that up to 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, suggesting that millions had the virus and never knew it. That’s almost 10 times more infections than the 2.3 million cases that have been confirmed, and it occurs when the Trump administration works to allay …
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