Month: January 2021

Prekindergarten students listen as their teacher reads a story this month at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Pool/Chicago Sun-Times via AP hide caption toggle caption Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Pool/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Prekindergarten students listen as their teacher reads a story this month at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Pool/Chicago Sun-Times via AP ...

Deschutes County reports 70 new cases, Crook County 8, Jefferson County 1 PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are 22 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,904, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday. OHA also reported 796 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the state total to 139,355. Vaccinations in Oregon On Tuesday, OHA reported that 17,422 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 10,178 doses were administered on Monday and 7,244 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Monday. Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize because providers have 72 hours to ...

A more contagious strain of coronavirus was detected for the first time in Alaska, health officials announced Tuesday. In December, an Anchorage resident became infected with a strain of virus that was originally detected in the United Kingdom and can spread more easily between people, the state’s health department said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. The Anchorage resident was recently in a state where the virus variant had previously been detected, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. The individual began showing symptoms of the virus on Dec. 17, got tested on Dec. 20 and received positive results on Dec. 22. After learning of the positive result, the person isolated, though a person they lived with also became sick. The tw...

New Hampshire health officials announced Tuesday there were no new outbreaks of COVID-19 this week at long-term care and other congregate living facilities, and a dozen outbreaks, including one at the state Veterans Home, have closed.The decreasing number of outbreaks follows other trends that show that while COVID-19 is still spreading widely in New Hampshire, the rate of spread is slowing some, with active cases, test positivity and hospitalizations all trending lower.>> Latest coronavirus coverage from WMUR"I am very pleased to announce we are closing the New Hampshire Veterans Home outbreak effective Jan. 26," said Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette. "So, we're very happy that that's closed."Gov. Chris Sununu said the state's efforts to vaccinate staff members and resident...

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Tuesday that it has opened additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments for people 65 years of age and older for Feb. 9-13.Appointments are required for the site and remain in great demand as the department continues to vaccinate eligible healthcare workers and those returning for the second shot in the vaccination series. Allegheny County officials confirmed the new appointments filled up in less than 30 minutes. Individuals who received their first shot of the vaccine from the Health Department will also be contacted directly with registration links to schedule the second shot in the series and should not use the public links. Individuals 65 and older can register for appointments using the following links:Tuesday, February 9 (8:30 ...

Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported 71 new coronavirus infections, bringing the state’s totals since the start of the pandemic to 25,339 cases. There were no new deaths reported today, but on Monday the Health Department added 60 additional coronavirus-related deaths to the statewide tally that now stands at 401. However, Health Department officials this morning revised the total additional deaths down to 59 after a “data cleaning process.” Health officials uncovered the additional deaths after a review of the department’s Electronic Death Registration System, Health Director Dr. Libby Char said in a news release. The deaths occurred between August through December. Forty-nine deaths were on Oahu, seven on Hawaii island and three on Maui, according to a Hawaii COVID-1...