Seventeen more deaths were also recorded in the last day, bringing Ontario's COVID-19 death toll to 2,293. The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Tuesday there were 612 new coronavirus cases . The number released from isolation reflect 62 percent of the county's total case count. As of Tuesday afternoon, Pennsylvania had the sixth-most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United Stat... [Full Article...]
The primary endpoint was the clinical status as assessed by a seven-point ordinal score at day 11, ranging from hospital discharge to increasing levels of oxygen and ventilator support to death. Governments are racing to bolster supplies of remdesivir, with European and South Korean authorities vying for the potential COVID-19 treatment. "This can help the patient's condition improve faster". [Full Article...]
North Carolina is now in phase two of its reopening plans, but Cooper and other state officials said the state isn't yet ready for phase three. The letter came on the eve of a deadline from the GOP for assurances that Cooper would allow a full-scale event in August. [Full Article...]
Mahoning County is fourth in the state for deaths and seventh in the state for the number of confirmed cases. Of those cases, 60 have resulted in the deaths of Putnam residents. Total statewide deaths have reached 560 people. To date, OH has conducted 407,450 tests. Of the cases reported, 70,864 are confirmed. McHenry County now has had 1,636 cases of COVID-19 and 74 deaths, according to the MCD... [Full Article...]
The state reported 1,606 COVID-19 cases in McHenry County, giving the county a 12.2% positivity rate. The community now has a total of 1,245. Both are from Council Bluffs. Numbers for neighboring states are as follows: Maryland had the 10th-most reported cases with 54,175; West Virginia is 46th with 2,041; OH had the 15th-most with 6,035; New Jersey had the second-most cases with 162,925, and DE h... [Full Article...]
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The Department for Education in England is expected to confirm a cap on the number of undergraduates each university can recruit this autumn in a bid to stop some institutions taking the lions' share. The discrepancy in counting happens because DHSC counts deaths where the person had tested positive for COVID-19, while the ONS counts deaths where it was mentioned on the death certificate, includin... [Full Article...]
The fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola was registered in Mbandaka , the capital of Équateur Province in the north-western part of the country. DRC Health Minister Bobo Boloko Bolumbo confirmed that four people had died and that all the deaths analysed since May 18 were due to the Ebola virus. [Full Article...]