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Dutch Woman Becomes First Person Reported to Die After COVID-19 Reinfection

October 14, 2020

Dutch physicians have recorded the first known death due to coronavirus reinfection.

According to a report cited by CNN, an 89-year-old woman recently died after contracting COVID-19 for the second time. The patient was said to be immunocompromised as she was also receiving treatment for a rare type of blood cell cancer called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia; however, experts said her immune system could’ve been strong enough to fight the coronavirus infection because her cancer treatment “does not necessarily result in life threatening disease.”

Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center said the elderly woman tested positive for the novel virus earlier this year after she began exhibiting symptoms like a fever and cough. She was reportedly hospitalized for nearly a week, and was eventually discharged once the symptoms had gone away.

About two months later, the woman began another round of chemotherapy treatment and once again started experiencing a cough, fever, and

Orange County’s Latest Coronavirus Update: No Deaths Reported

October 13, 2020

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ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Orange County case counts are trending back in a positive direction, according to officials who remain hopeful at reopening more schools and businesses soon. On Monday, OC Health Care Agency reported 117 newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases, raising the cumulative total to 55,892, but no deaths were reported, leaving the Orange County coronavirus death toll unchanged at 1,341.

Orange County CEO Frank Kim has said that the county wants to see daily diagnoses below 130. Monday’s case counts were welcome news after Sunday’s report of 244 cases and one death.

To reach the less-restrictive orange tier established by the state, the county needs to average closer to 130 daily cases, Kim said.

Last week, 54 deaths were reported, down from 72 the week before and 77 the week before that.

Hospitalizations inched up from 164 on Sunday to 167 on Monday, while the number of intensive care

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed far more lives than reported, study says

October 12, 2020

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Far more Americans have died as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic than have been counted and reported, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

“For every two Americans that we know of who are dying of Covid-19, another American is dying,” said Dr. Steven Woolf, author of the new research and director emeritus of the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Woolf’s study looked at death statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Census Bureau.

The study found that from March through July, there were 225,530 “excess” deaths — a 20 percent increase over the average number of deaths expected for those months. (Excess deaths refer to the number of fatalities above what would be expected in

1,162 New Cases, 23 Deaths Reported Sunday

October 11, 2020

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ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta reported a total of 331,409 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 2:50 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. According to the health department’s website, that includes 1,162 newly confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

Georgia also reported 7,416 deaths so far from COVID-19, with 23 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. In addition, the state reported 29,635 hospitalizations — 24 more than the day before — and 5,511 admissions so far to intensive-care units.

No information is available from Georgia about how many patients have recovered.

Counties in or near metro Atlanta and other metropolitan areas continue to have the highest number of positives, with Fulton County still in the lead and exceeding 29,000 cases on Sunday.

Fulton County: 29,072 cases — 130 new
Gwinnett County: 28,796 cases — 84 new
Cobb County: 20,545 cases — 106 new
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Dozens of COVID-19 cases reported at 2 veterans care centers

October 10, 2020

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Dozens of COVID-19 cases have been reported at two veterans care centers in Virginia.

a house that has a sign on the side of a building: Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond, Va.

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Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond, Va.

The Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond has 49 cases impacting 39 residents and 10 staff, the Virginia Department of Veterans Services said Friday.

The Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke has 62 COVID-19 cases among 43 residents and 19 staff, the department said.

“The residents are on separate wings at the veterans care centers to isolate them from other residents, while the employees are at home in self-isolation and under the care of their personal health care provider,” the Department of Veterans Services said in a statement. “Residents, family members, and staff have been notified of the positive cases.”

The Richmond facility has 170 residents total while the Roanoke facility has 180 residents.

a large empty parking lot in front of a building: Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond, Va.

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Dozens of COVID-19 cases reported at 2 veterans care centers in Virginia

October 10, 2020

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Dozens of COVID-19 cases have been reported at two veterans care centers in Virginia.

The Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond has 49 cases impacting 39 residents and 10 staff, the Virginia Department of Veterans Services said Friday.

The Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke has 62 COVID-19 cases among 43 residents and 19 staff, the department said.

PHOTO: Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke, Va. (virginia.gov)

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The Richmond facility has 170 residents total while the Roanoke facility has

16 active cases of virus reported in Prairie House Living Center

October 9, 2020

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Prairie House Living Center had 16 active cases of the coronavirus as of Sept. 24.

The most recent numbers reported by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which were last updated on Sept. 24, showed 10 residents and six employees with active cases of the virus in the nursing home. A total of 58 residents and 27 employees have contracted the virus, according to the latest report.

Fifteen residents have died from the virus at Prairie House and 32 have recovered.

The Plainview Healthcare Center had no reported active cases of the virus as of Sept. 24. A total of 19 cases have been reported in the facility – 13 in residents and six in employees – with one resident death reported to date.

The Lockney Health and Rehabilitation Center has not had a reported case of the virus. Two employee cases were considered active in the two Castro

More coronavirus deaths reported in Jackson-area retirement community

October 9, 2020

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JACKSON COUNTY, MI — A Jackson-area retirement community has experienced an increase in deaths related to the novel coronavirus since an outbreak was first identified there in September.

John Ganton’s Countryside Care Center in Summit Township has reported 49 cases of COVID-19 in residents and 14 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began in March, according to data reported to the state as of Oct. 8. It has also reported 40 cases in staff.

Those figures are up from one death on Sept. 30, and 38 cases in staff. The number of COVID-19 cases in residents has stayed the same, the database shows.

“We are continuing to see positive cases but are working to the full extent possible to contain them and protect our residents and staff,” Countryside’s Director of Operations Crystal Caldwell said in an email Friday, Oct. 9.

The Jackson County Health Department declined to comment on

Record 19 Coronavirus Community Outbreaks Reported In County

October 9, 2020

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — San Diego County public health officials reported 291 new COVID-19 infections and six deaths from the illness Thursday, raising the county’s totals to 49,446 cases of the coronavirus and 819 deaths, while a new daily record for community outbreaks was set.

A total of 19 community outbreaks were reported Thursday, six in restaurant/bar settings, six in business settings, two in grocery settings, two in restaurants, one in a food processing setting, one in a residence and another in a hair salon/barbershop setting.

In the past seven days, 32 community outbreaks were confirmed, well above the trigger of seven or more in a week’s time. A community setting outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in a setting and in people of different households over the past 14 days.

Four women and two men died between Sept. 4 and Oct. 7, and their

Louisiana coronavirus: 526 new cases, 5 more deaths reported Thursday; see latest data | Coronavirus

October 8, 2020

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The Louisiana Department of Health reported 526 more coronavirus cases and five more deaths in its daily noon update Thursday.

The number of hospitalizations increased by 12, and the number of patients in need of ventilators increased by one.

Here are a few key statewide statistics as of Thursday:

— Total cases: 170,621

— Total deaths: 5,416

— Currently hospitalized: 564

— Currently on ventilators: 79

— Presumed recovered: 157,873 as of Oct. 5 (updated weekly)

— Probable cases: 2,528 as of Oct. 7 (updated weekly)

Note: The Advocate and The Times-Picayune staff calculates daily case count increases based on the difference between today’s total and yesterday’s total of confirmed coronavirus cases. The Louisiana Department of Health releases a daily case count on Twitter based on the deletion of duplicate cases. That case count can be different than the one listed here.

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