Month: July 2020

Tarrant County Public Health reported 15 additional COVID-19 deaths Saturday, the highest single-day increase in reported deaths related to the virus. The cases include a woman in her 80s, three men in their 80s and two women in their 90s — all Grapevine residents; two Arlington women including one in her 60s and one in her 90s; two men in their 80s, two women in their 50s and a man in his 60s, all from Fort Worth; and two Lake Worth men in their 70s. All had underlying health conditions. The county also added 584 new cases of the coronavirus. New case were reported in Arlington, Azle, Bedford, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Burleson, Colleyville, Crowley, Edgecliff Village, Euless, Everman, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Haltom city, Haslet, Hur...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota has 105 new coronavirus cases, according to the South Dakota Department of Health website on Saturday. This brought the state’s total positive case count to 8,305, up from Friday (8,200). The number of recoveries increased by 46 to 7,307, up from Friday (7,261). Minnehaha County saw the biggest case jump with 3,983 total positive cases on Saturday, up 42 from Friday (3,941). The death toll remains at 122. Active cases increased to 876 from Friday (817). Total hospitalizations increased to 798, up from Friday (796). There are now 97,608 negative persons tested, up from Friday (95,290). A total of 2,423 new test results were reported on Saturday. Keep reading Your Gu...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,426 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 12 additional confirmed deaths. On Saturday, health officials said the following deaths were reported: Boone County: 1 male 70s Cook County: 3 females 60s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s Cumberland County: 1 female 100+ DuPage County: 1 female 80s Kane County: 1 female 30s Lake County: 1 female 70s St. Clair County: 1 female 70s Currently, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 169,883 cases, including 7,397 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. As of Friday night, 1,438 people in the state were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 341 patients were in the ICU and 110 patients with COVID-19 were on ven...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating an outbreak of salmonella across 23 states, with reports of hundreds of people being sickened. The federal agency announced in a release on Friday an additional 87 illnesses, and eight new states had been affected since the last update on the matter Tuesday. The statement added that as of July 23, a total of 212 people have been infected with the salmonella strain, and 38 of the infections stemmed from new states: Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Maine, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Virginia. The agency noted that a specific source for the salmonella strain has not been identified, and there are currently no advisements against eating or consuming particular foods, nor are there any links to specific retai...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) --  COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 286, along with 408 new cases, including 29 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday. OHA reported 408 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, bringing the state total to 16,492 cases, along with 357,518 negative test results. Meanwhile, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs released more details late Friday of the reservation's first COVID-19 related death. Shirley Stayhi Heath, the wife of long-time Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath Sr. and a Yakama tribal member, passed away on Thursday, according to a news release that said COVID-19 was the cause of her death. "She was a beloved mother, g...