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Twenty-three people have tested positive for COVID-19 at an assisted living center in Folsom, according to an email sent to residents’ families Saturday.Oakmont of Folsom, an assisted living and memory care center, reported that 18 residents have tested positive. Seventeen of the residents were from memory care, and one was from assisted living.The center also…

The cases bring the county’s total to 81 deaths and 2,909 cases.Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that mobile testing began at long-term care facilities through Parkland Memorial Hospital on Thursday and will increase Monday in an effort to find asymptomatic patients and isolate the virus faster.Read More Read Next1 hour…

An overwhelmingly majority of inmates from four states’ prison systems that tested positive for COVID-19 have been asymptomatic, according to Reuters.Between Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, 3,277 inmates tested positive for the virus. Of that number, 96 percent of the inmates were asymptomatic, meaning they showed no symptoms associated with the disease.Asymptomatic patients can transmit…

Oregon officials on Saturday reported 1 new death from the novel coronavirus and 76 new cases -- bringing the total number of deaths to 87 and known cases to 2,253.The Oregon Health Authority reported that the latest death was a 59-year-old Lane County man who had underlying medical conditions. He tested positive April 14 and…

By KTUU News&nbsp|&nbsp Posted: Sat 1:18 PM, Apr 25, 2020 &nbsp|&nbsp Updated: Sat 4:10 PM, Apr 25, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) — Update: 3:09 p.m.Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 in Sitka Saturday, the first case reported in the Sitka community. That case, first reported Saturday afternoon…