More than 75 percent of Americans are afraid of contracting the coronavirus, according to a new ABC News / Ipsos survey, as the number of new cases of COVID-19 increases across the country. In the survey, 76 percent of respondents said they were concerned about getting sick with the virus, …
Read More »Alabama ICU beds are 82 percent full as coronavirus cases soar
Alabama, which has been hit hard by the recent surge in coronavirus cases, is running out of available intensive care unit beds. Hospitals in the more densely populated areas of Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have begun transferring critical care patients from one hospital to another due to a shortage of …
Read More »United States Sets Daily Record for Coronavirus Cases
On Thursday, the United States broke its record for most new coronavirus cases reported in one day, as concerns about a second wave of the pandemic continue to rise. As numbers rise in the south, 40,401 new cases were reported Thursday, according to a Johns Hopkins database, beating the previous …
Read More »Here’s Minnesota’s COVID-19 update for Thursday, June 25
U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Class Mass Communication Specialist Ryan M. Breeden via Flickr The Minnesota Health Department’s situation report Thursday shows that nine more people have died from COVID-19, although overall figures remain the same as in recent days. Of the approximately 13,000 tests conducted in the last 24-hour …
Read More »Austin blames labs for using fax machines for long wait times for coronavirus test results
Austin public health officials say a recent drop in coronavirus cases after the city experienced a spike this month could be attributed to the outdated equipment the labs are using to report data. “I am surprised to hear that the way we are getting infection test results is by fax. …
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