Month: November 2020

Orange County reported 1,058 new cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths Sunday, bringing the county's totals to 77,819 cases with 1,577 fatalities. The number of county residents hospitalized with the virus jumped sharply, from 534 on Saturday to 597, with the number of patients in intensive care rising from 138 to 148, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The change in the three-day average of hospitalized patients went from 12.3% to 13.6%. The county has 25% of its intensive care unit beds and 63% of its ventilators available. The mounting numbers over the holiday weekend seem to confirm officials' fears of a Thanksgiving-fueled surge. Orange County CEO Frank Kim said earlier this week that he was "very concerned" about the rise in cases and hospitali...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — As the coronavirus pandemic swelled around the 160-bed Mayo Clinic hospital, the day was dawning auspiciously. Two precious beds for new patients had opened overnight. At the morning “bed meeting,” prospects for a third looked promising. Better yet, by midmorning, there were no patients in the Emergency Department. None. Even in normal times, a medium-size hospital like this can go many months without ever reaching zero. Everyone knew better than to trust this good fortune. They were right. From 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., seven patients arrived at the emergency room. Fourteen descended the next hour, then 10 more the hour after that. About a third had signs of covid-19, the illness caused by the virus, most with trouble breathing. But there was also the man who had sm...

The Prime Minister will launch the Medicines and Diagnostic Manufacturing Transformation Fund tomorrow from North Wales. Mr Johnson hopes the fund will create thousands of jobs in medicine manufacturing, as well as boost the country’s capability in handling pandemics in the future. The UK has reported 15,871 cases of coronavirus and 479 deaths yesterday, according to the Office of National Statistics. In total, Britain has seen 1,621,305 cases of the virus, and 58,342 deaths according to Johns Hopkins University. {%=o.title%} The fund is intended to encourage medicine manufacturers to build new British factories with state of the art technology to compete on a global scale. Eligible companies will bid for help with the costs of establis...

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported 80,057 total COVID-19 cases and 1,357 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 888 new cases as of Sunday. No new deaths were reported. The total case count also includes a backlog of 758 cases, according to health officials. The total death count includes a backlog of 13 deaths, ranging from July 8th - November 10. Health officials also reported that 582 patients are hospitalized, 178 are in the intensive care unit and 96 are on ventilators. There are 15% of staffed beds available and 67% of ventilators available. A curfew for San Antonio is still in effect, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. that will extend through Monday, Nov. 30. People will not be allowed to gather outside of their household during the imposed curfew, exc...