SLO County Reports 94 New COVID-19 Cases, 4 More Deaths

[ad_1] San Luis Obispo County added 94 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 17,605 confirmed cases as of January 29. It was the second day of this week that the daily total of cases was below 100. As of Monday, 96 new cases were reported. Health officials say 46 people … Read more

Austin COVID restrictions could be eased as hospitalizations decline

[ad_1] Heather osbourne | Austin American-statesman Coronavirus restrictions in Austin and Travis County could be relaxed over the weekend as the number of hospital patients with the virus continues to decline, according to the region’s top health official. Austin-Travis County Interim Health Authority Dr Mark Escott in his weekly pandemic public briefing on Friday said … Read more

California cases down 50%; 25% hospitalizations

[ad_1] It has been well over a month since COVID-19 cases in California, the positivity rate and hospitalizations were all as low as they reached on Thursday. The deaths, however, continued in large numbers. Of all tests in California over the past week, 7.5% came back positive for COVID-19, for an average of around 22,150 … Read more

NJ has identified 11 cases of the more contagious COVID variant

[ad_1] Three more cases of the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in the UK have been identified in New Jersey, bringing the total number identified in Garden State to 11. The first two cases of the variant were announced last week. Officials said Wednesday they had discovered six more cases. Three more … Read more

Single-dose shooting offers good protection, new hope against coronavirus

[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 all at once – not as strong as some two-dose rivals, but still potentially useful for a world sorely in need of more doses. J&J said today that in the United States and seven other countries, the single-injection vaccine was 66% effective overall in … Read more

Seattle hospitals rush vaccines after freezer breakdown

[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) – Hospitals in Seattle shipped COVID-19 vaccines to hundreds of people in the middle of the night after a failed freezer in which they were stored. It is not known what caused the freezer outage on Thursday night, but the Northwest and Montlake campuses of UW Medical Center and the Swedish Medical … Read more

COVID-19 Statistics | January 29, 2021 | Lost Coast Outpost

[ad_1] Humboldt County Joint Information Center press release: Three residents of Humboldt County have died from COVID-19 and 29 more cases were reported today. The total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus is now 2,754. One of the people who died was in their sixties and two in their sixties. … Read more

1 new coronavirus-related death recorded in Oahu and 115 additional infections statewide

[ad_1] Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported one new coronavirus-related death and 115 additional infections, bringing the state’s total since the start of the pandemic to 407 deaths and 25,656 cases. No further details were immediately available on the latest death in Oahu. The state’s official coronavirus death toll includes 325 deaths in Oahu, … Read more