Hidalgo County announced 22 additional deaths related to COVID-19 on Thursday, while another 1,248 people tested positive for the virus. The 22 deaths raise the total number of fatalities to 240 in the county. The new cases raise the total number of positive cases to 10,492. “I am deeply saddened by the loss of 22…
Updated 7/16/2020 8:09 PM Cases of COVID-19 climbed by 1,257 Thursday in Illinois, and 25 more people died from the respiratory disease, but the latest daily case count above 1,000 comes as the state conducted a record 43,006 tests in 24 hours. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a seven-day positivity test rate Thursday…
SOUTHEAST IDAHO (KIFI/KIDK) - Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are 11 new cases in Bannock County, one in Bear Lake County, five in Bingham County, two in Caribou County and one in Power County. This brings the total to 371 confirmed cases in southeastern Idaho. Of the 418…
(Update: Adding video, more details from company) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Deschutes County Health Services said Wednesday it is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care in Bend that has led to more than 20 confirmed cases of the virus among residents and staff. A resident tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, and…
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…