Month: August 2020

Medical officials said you should get tested for COVID-19 even if you're not showing symptoms. HOUSTON — Houston's elected officials are begging people to get tested for COVID-19 as the city saw four consecutive days of increased daily new cases. The Houston Health Department reported 1,456 new cases and 14 newly reported coronavirus deaths on Saturday, making it the fourth-straight day of at least 1,000 new cases.  From July 17 to July 23, the city was averaging 820 new reported cases a day. Houston Health Authority Dr....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Health reported 106,946 confirmed cases and 1,238 probable cases of COVID-19 in the state on Saturday, an increase of 3,088 total cases since Friday. The health department also announced 1,030 confirmed deaths, 4,724 hospitalizations, and 67,651 recoveries. More than 1.5 million coronavirus tests have been administered.  On Friday, TDH reported 104,778 confirmed cases and 1,023 confirmed deaths.  TDH reported 159 new cases in our area: 50 in Washington County, 29 in Sullivan County, 25 in Johnson County, 18 in Greene County, 17 in Carter County, 13 in Hawkins County, and seven in Unicoi County. The following data was reported in local counties:  Carter — 407 cases / 5 deaths / 96 recoveriesGreene — 3...

Union County's COVID-19 case total jumped by 33 on Saturday — due to a surge of inmates at USP Lewisburg testing positive — according to data from the state Department of Health and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The state Department of Health announced another 888 COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths statewide related to the novel coronavirus on Saturday. Union County's jump comes a day after staff at USP Lewisburg restricted inmates to their cells inside the federal penitentiary Thursday after a positive case of COVID-19 was discovered, according to a federal prison bureau spokesperson. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' website, which updates periodically, there are 35 confirmed cases among inmates at USP Lewisburg as of 4:40 p.m., Saturday. It also ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who last month became the nation’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant said Thursday that she woke up days later, unaware about the surgery and unable to “recognize my body.” Mayra Ramirez said that before she fell ill she was an independent, active person who moved from North Carolina to Chicago in 2014 to work as a paralegal. She said she had an autoimmune condition, but was otherwise healthy. She had gone on a three-mile run shortly before becoming ill and heading for the hospital. “I was told to hurry up (and) change,” she said. “I was asked who would be making my medical decisions for me. That’s when I told them it would be my mother and eldest sister who all live in North Carolina. I only had a couple minutes to contact them to ...

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