This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020. Previous daily updates can be found here, and up-to-date statistics are here.Read our guide to understanding New York on PAUSE, NY's stay-at-home order; a look at preparing for the spread of coronavirus is here, and if you have lingering questions about…
UPDATE (11:58 a.m. PT) — The Oregon Health Authority reported 68 new coronavirus diagnoses in Oregon Thursday. That brings Oregon’s confirmed case total to 2,127. OHA Thursday also reported five new coronavirus-related deaths bringing the state’s total known deaths to 83. OHA details the new deaths as: A 94-year-old woman in Multnomah County who tested positive on April 3…
FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. On Wednesday, April 22, Gov. Newsom is scheduled to give an update on the six indicators state officials are watching to determine when they might loosen…
Wednesday proved to be the deadliest day for California since officials began tracking cases in the COVID-19 outbreak, with the death toll in the state rising to 1,433 and the number of confirmed cases climbing to 37,679. Last Wednesday was the Bay Area’s worst day, but this past Wednesday marked its second highest in the…
CLOSE Some states are moving slowly towards reopening their economies while others are moving more quickly to reopen. USA TODAYThe head of the United Nations World Food Program warned that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a global food shortage creating a "hunger pandemic." In U.S. communities where there are fewer grocery stores, finding healthy…
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…