Imagine you wake up one day, with a runny nose and fever. You go another day or two and continue to feel worse. You go and get tested and lo and behold, you test positive for COVID-19. Health care providers give you an inhaler and […]
Day: September 4, 2021
Sept. 4, 2021 COVID-19 Update: 888 New Cases in Hawai’i, 1 Death
Physical distancing floor sticker outside of Kay Jewelers at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului, Maui. (2021) PC: Wendy Osher There were 888 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday. The latest data represents an average of 889 cases per day for the state over […]
Kentucky governor calls special session on handling COVID-19
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday that he’s calling Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature into a special session to shape pandemic policies as the state struggles with a record surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The return of lawmakers to the state Capitol starts […]
How Health Care Workers are Handling Concerns Around COVID-19 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration gave its full approval to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and older at the end of August. Within days vaccine doses in Illinois spiked from about 26 thousand Aug. 25, to more than 122 thousand doses administered Aug. 26, […]
COVID-19 in Arkansas: ICU, ventilator use down on first day of holiday weekend
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As the holiday weekend begins, the number of patients hospitalized in Arkansas is up slightly, while the number of patients in ICU and on ventilators went down. The figures released Saturday by the Arkansas Department of Health show a slight rise […]
U.S. administers 374.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC
Sept 4 (Reuters) – The United States had administered 374,488,924 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 450,175,825 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 373,516,809 vaccine doses the CDC […]
Tennessee Titans QB Ryan Tannehill activated off reserve/COVID-19 list
As a vaccinated player, Tannehill needed two negative tests over a 24-hour period to return, if asymptomatic. Their was initial hope he could return before the Titans’ last preseason game, but that did not happen.
The worst postcodes in Hull for Covid-19 cases
Hull continues to have one of the highest coronavirus case rates in England. The city has been struggling for weeks with large numbers of Covid-19 cases. There have been a further 1,280 cases confirmed in Hull in the most recent seven days to August 30. […]
COVID-19: Maharashtra inoculates a record 11.91 lakh people against in one day
MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday administered the COVID-19 vaccine to 11.91 lakh beneficiaries, setting a new record in singly-day vaccination in the state, an official from the state public health department said. Earlier on August 21, the state had administered over 11.04 lakh doses in a […]
COVID-19: Night curfew, lockdown on Sundays to continue in Kerala
Amid the continuing high number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala, the state will continue with its night curfew and Sunday lockdowns, informed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. His remarks came after a held a meeting to review the state’s COVID-19 situation. “The COVID review meeting, which […]