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U.S. Daily Coronavirus-Case Count Climbs Back Above 50,000

October 14, 2020

Daily new U.S. coronavirus infections increased from a day earlier, as did the number of people hospitalized.

The U.S. reported more than 52,000 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, up from 41,653 on Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Total cases reported now exceed 7.8 million, with nearly 216,000 deaths.

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World-wide, more than 38.1 million people have been infected and nearly 1.1 million have died, according to the Johns Hopkins data.

The number of people hospitalized for Covid-19 in the U.S. as of Tuesday was 36,034, the highest since Aug. 29, according to the Covid Tracking Project—though still lower than July’s peaks of more than 59,000.

The seven-day moving average of new infections in the U.S., which

Cy-Fair COVID count rises

October 10, 2020

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Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a Facebook video Wednesday he would be allowing Texas bars to reopen next week, should county governments allow them.

“It is time to open up,” Abbott said in the video. “If we continue to contain COVID, then these openings, just like other businesses, should be able to expand in the near future.”

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The executive order allows for bars to open at up to 50 percent capacity, provided counties assist in enforcing health protocols. Other business establishments also had their maximum capacity increased to 75 percent under the executive order.

“Opening bars does not mean that COVID-19 is no longer a threat, and most Texans are still susceptible to the virus,” Abbott said. “As bars and similar businesses begin to open, we all must remain vigilant and show personal responsibility to

Coronavirus live updates: US case count tops 7.5 million

October 7, 2020

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The Czech Republic identified 4,457 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, its highest single-day rise yet.

It’s the first time the central European nation has registered more than 4,000 new cases in one day.

An additional 13 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded Tuesday. The cumulative total now stands at 90,022 confirmed cases with 794 deaths, according to the latest data from the Czech health ministry.

More than 40,000 cases were active Tuesday, including 1,387 patients who remained hospitalized for COVID-19, while nearly 49,000 have recovered from the disease, according to the health ministry data.

BLUECHIP: Human Factor: Making healthy food count

October 6, 2020

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Weekly on Thursday, Nicole Craig crafts a menu that includes two kinds of soup, a salad, two entrees — one vegetarian, one not — and a dessert. She spends the weekend shopping for ingredients, visiting local growers, such as Transition Gardens in Springfield or Groundwork Organics in Eugene, who provide her with the seasonal, organic produce integral to Positive Community Kitchen’s mission to deliver healthy, nourishing meals to its clients. She also shops in the pantry of partner agency FOOD for Lane County. Every Monday and Tuesday, Craig and her many volunteers cook up a storm in the kitchen. By Tuesday night, the “Delivery Angels” arrive to pick up the packaged meals and deliver them.

An idea to get behind. The seeds of Positive Community Kitchen (PCK) took root in 2011 when a group of parents at South Eugene High School wanted to create a garden

D.C. region records highest coronavirus count in two weeks after recent declines

October 2, 2020

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D.C.’s infection totals apparently won’t include President Trump’s positive diagnosis, as city leaders noted the president has declared his residency in Florida. City health officials said they won’t be involved in White House contact-tracing efforts.

“The White House physician will do their own contact tracing and provide guidance to impacted individuals,” said LaToya Foster, spokeswoman for D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser. “As has been the practice throughout the pandemic, state health agencies only include its own residents within its case total.”

The Washington region’s jump in cases Friday comes after the area this week recorded its lowest average number of daily infections since mid-July. The seven-day rolling average had fallen to 1,293, down from 1,679 at the start of the two-week decline.

The seven-day average stood at 1,340 cases Friday.

Health experts have applauded the efforts of local leaders and residents in battling the pandemic in recent days, but cautioned

Most communities in Hale County saw coronavirus count increase last week

September 30, 2020

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By Plainview Herald, Plainview Herald

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8:32 am CDT, Wednesday, September 30, 2020

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus,

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Why health experts say ‘we can’t count on natural herd immunity’ to curb COVID-19

September 29, 2020

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For a term that’s at least 100 years old, “herd immunity” has gained new life in 2020.

It starred in many headlines last month, when reports surfaced that a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and adviser to the president, Dr. Scott Atlas, recommended it as a strategy to combat COVID-19. The Washington Post reported that Atlas, a health care policy expert from the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, suggested the virus should be allowed to spread through the population so people build up immunity, rather than trying to contain it through shutdown measures.

At a town hall event a few weeks later, President Donald Trump raised the idea himself, saying the coronavirus would simply “go away,” as people developed “herd mentality” — a slip-up that nonetheless was understood to reference the same concept.

And as recently as last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sparked a heated debate

Latest San Ramon Case Count; CoCo Releases Halloween Guidance

September 29, 2020

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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — Haunted houses, large parties and indoor mazes should be a no-go in the era of the coronavirus, Contra Costa Health Services officials announced Monday.

And even if your Halloween costume comes with a mask, you should still wear a face mask, officials said in a news release. Maybe this year is the one to focus on decorations and virtual costume contests.

The public should keep a close eye out for COVID-19 symptoms after the holiday — especially three to seven days afterward. Anyone who experiences symptoms can learn how to get tested in Contra Costa County here.

“These holidays are no different than the rest of the year when it comes to reducing the spread of COVID-19,” Contra Costa Health Services wrote.

Officials gave guidance on which seasonal activities are lower-risk, moderate-risk, high-risk and very-high risk. Here’s the official word on Halloween and Día de

Whoop it up: the next-gen fitness tracker you can really count on

September 28, 2020

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The first mechanical pedometer was made in Switzerland in 1780. For the next 229 years nothing much happened in the field of what we now call “the quantified self”. But 11 years ago, Apple included an electronic pedometer in the iPod Nano, then Fitbit, Jawbone and others appeared with fitness bands.

Today most smartphones and watches track physical activity. But there hasn’t been a fitness band as sophisticated as the Whoop Strap 3.0, which comes from a Boston company founded by a former captain of the Harvard squash team. Its first band was launched in 2015 to help elite athletes track their progress, predict future performance and, unusually, advise them when not to train to avoid overdoing it.

It is worn all the time, monitoring principally heart-rate variability (HRV), a measure of the variation in time between each heartbeat, only picked up normally by a full ECG. HRV, said to

Coronavirus live updates: India’s case count tops 6 million

September 28, 2020

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India’s case count is expected to surpass that of the U.S. within weeks.

Last Updated: September 28, 2020, 4:55 AM ET

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 997,000 people worldwide.

Over 33.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The criteria for diagnosis — through clinical means or a lab test — has varied from country-to-country. Still, the actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.

Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the virus has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica.

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