Orange County reported 663 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths Sunday, bringing the county's totals to 16,854 cases and 366 deaths. The county's cases included 1,218 residents of skilled nursing facilities, 406 jail inmates and 111 homeless people, according to the OC Health Care Agency. Of the three deaths announced Sunday, one…
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 hit new peaks in the Bay Area this week, with the nine counties reporting 491 patients on Thursday — a grim tally that shows the virus surging again after months of restrictions and sacrifices. One of the hotbeds is Marin County, where officials are grappling with more than 1,400 cases among prisoners…
Bay Area hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have spiked over the past two weeks, driven by a variety of factors, including a major outbreak at San Quentin State Prison and an uptick in summer social gatherings. Those heightened numbers concern state and local health officials who keep a close eye on hospitalization rates as they decide…
By CNN & WRAL NewsFor the fifth day in a row, North Carolina is reporting record COVID-19 hospitalizations. It comes as the state reports 1,549 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. In total, 51,614 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the state. An additional 12 more people were hospitalized with the virus and…
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U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…