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US hits 24 million COVID-19 cases
The United States surpassed 24 million COVID-19 cases Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. At least 398,307 people have died from related complications since the pandemic began, as well. On Sunday, incoming U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the U.S. would likely pass 500,000 deaths by mid-February. The seven-day average for new deaths surged past 3,300, according to The COVID Tracking Project. The county has doubled its number of cases in the last 59 days after needing 304 days to originally reach 12 million total. The ne...
New York Daily News
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Nearly 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths reported across SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. —Though numbers eased in comparison to recent eye-popping highs, South Carolina's health department on Monday still announced nearly 3,000 more cases of COVID-19 statewide. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced on Monday 2,946 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. The agency reported 12,806 total test results and the percent positive on those tests was 23%. Last year the World Health Organization advised governments not to reopen until percent positive rates were at 5% or lower for at least 14 days. South Carolina's percent positive for the...
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Georgia teen returns home after Cayman Islands prison release
ATLANTA — After spending more than a month in a Cayman Islands prison for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules, a metro Atlanta teenager is back home, according to Channel 2 Action News. Skylar Mack, 18, of Loganville, arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Friday, where she reunited with her mother, the news station reported. Mack and her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet, were charged after Mack broke the county's strict 14-day quarantine rules to watch Ramgeet, 24, participate in a water sports competition. She removed a location tracking device from her wrist in order to attend the...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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More than 4,500 new cases of COVID-19 and 76 more deaths reported in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the fourth time in the past five days, more than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Sunday in South Carolina by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. Health officials confirmed 4,584 new positive tests and 76 more coronavirus-related deaths. Since testing began in March, 351,887 cases of the coronavirus and 5,654 deaths have been reported in South Carolina, data show. Sunday's data is based on 19,484 tests, and the percent positive was 23.5%, according to DHEC. The Jan. 7 percent positive of 34.2% is the record for highest in a single day since ...
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A worrying coronavirus mutation is discovered in Washington state — but hasn’t spread
SEATTLE — Three COVID-19 infections diagnosed in Washington in October were caused by virus with a mutation that might boost the respiratory bug’s ability to dodge immune defenses. The mutation, called E484K, is also present in two of the worrisome new viral variants spreading around the globe — those that originated in South Africa and Brazil. But the virus detected in Washington did not have any of the other mutations that characterize those variants, said researchers at the UW Medicine Virology Lab. No other infections with the mutation have been detected since October, though surveillance ...
The Seattle Times
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Villanova returns to practice after COVID-19 outbreak among players, set to resume season next week
Jay Wright opened his Zoom conference call with reporters Thursday by declaring, “I’m the happiest guy in the world today.” When the Villanova coach is that happy, you know it has to do with his players getting to play basketball. The Wildcats returned to the practice court for the first time since Jan. 3 after pausing team activities due to the positive COVID-19 tests of two of their players. The program is coming off its third quarantine since September. The second one began on Dec. 26 after Wright tested positive. Then one day after that quarantine ended, the next one began. Wright describe...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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U.S. Rep. Espaillat tests positive for COVID-19
U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat tested positive for COVID-19 after delivering a speech Wednesday on the House floor in support of President Trump’s impeachment. The New York Democrat revealed his diagnosis in a tweet Thursday and said he’s “quarantining at home.” “I will continue my duties representing New York’s 13th congressional district remotely until I have received clearance from my doctor,” the 66-year-old congressman wrote. “I encourage all residents to follow public health guidelines for the safety of our #NY13 community.” Like most members of Congress, Espaillat has received the coronavi...
New York Daily News
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Georgia climbs to 4th nationally in COVID-19 hospitalizations, federal report says
ATLANTA — Georgia reported the fourth-worst rate of new COVID-19 hospital admissions in the country last week, a federal report said, and the worst is likely still ahead for hospitals already overburdened by the fall and winter surge. “Georgia is in full pandemic resurgence and will experience continued increases in new COVID (hospital) admissions and fatalities,” the White House Coronavirus Task Force said. The report, dated Sunday, was obtained Wednesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The report comes as the number of people in Georgia currently hospitalized for the disease is at recor...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Georgia Senate GOP leader tests positive for COVID-19 on first day of session
ATLANTA — Georgia Senate Republican Leader Mike Dugan says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. The Carrollton Republican's results came early Tuesday after he took the COVID-19 test that all Georgia General Assembly members must undergo during the legislative session. He said he was tested last Thursday, and those results were negative. "My symptoms are minor and I plan to follow the guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and isolate at home until the virus passes," he said in a statement on Twitter. He said he was tested on Monday befo...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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'Internal systems issue' again prevents SC from reporting accurate COVID-19 data
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the second consecutive day, state health officials announced artificially low COVID-19 case counts due to an "internal system issue." The state Department of Health and Environmental Control on Tuesday reported 1,361 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths from the virus. DHEC again said it was working to correct the reporting problem and would update the COVID-19 case numbers when it was straightened out. The agency has yet to update Monday's case numbers. Since last March, the state has reported 328,028 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5,358 coronavirus deaths. South Ca...
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