Month: February 2021

A male in his 50s from Chaves County. The individual had underlying conditions. A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized. A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A male in his 50s from McKinley County. The individual had underlying conditions. A male in his 60s from McKinley County. A second male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized. A male in his 30s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A female in her 50s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Bloomfield Nursing and ...

The likely faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 first detected in South Africa has arrived in the Houston area, according to Houston Methodist Hospital. The hospital system said it found the region’s first case of the troubling strain on Saturday while sequencing the genomes of positive test results. It also found two cases of the variant first discovered in the United Kingdom. The first U.K. variant case in the Houston area was confirmed in early January. Early evidence has shown that both variants may spread faster than the currently predominant strain. More than 600 cases of the U.K. strain have been reported in 33 states, while Texas becomes only the fourth state to confirm a case involving the South African variant, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Dis...

The Oklahoma City-County Health Department announced that they have partnered with Mercy Health System to open more appointment slots for people 65 and older to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Health leaders said the pods are for Monday, Feb. 8 through Wednesday, Feb. 10. The event will offer a combined 1,500 doses, and officials said the vaccine is only for people needing their first dose, officials said.CLICK HERE to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.The vaccination clinic will be held at Mercy’s Meinders NeuroScience Institute, located at 4120 W. Memorial Road. Parking will be available in the lot off West Memorial Road, in front of the institute on the north side of the building, and free valet and shuttle service will be available to accommodate patients.Because parking is limite...

The first known case of an apparently more contagious COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom has been confirmed in Yolo County, health officials said Monday. The B.1.1.7 variant was confirmed by Healthy Davis Together and the UC Davis Genome Center. The person who tested positive for the variant may have contracted it through travel outside the community, the groups said. The B.1.1.7 variant has already been found in Southern California and the Bay Area. The bulk of the confirmed cases have been in the San Diego area, Gov. Newsom said at a Monday news conference from Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres and a COVID-19 vaccination site. “Even though Davis has an overall low rate of COVID-19 positive tests, it has always been a matter of when, not if, we would se...

Several Prisma Health vaccine sites around the Upstate are operating under new hours starting Monday, and the changes led to long lines at one mass vaccination site.Prisma officials say certain sites will now be opening at 12 p.m. on Mondays.This includes the mass vaccination site in the old Kmart building near Greenville Memorial Hospital, as well as sites at Baptist Easley Hospital, Oconee Memorial Hospital, and The Ridge in Laurens County.Sky 4 flew over the vaccination site at the old Kmart near Prisma Greenville hospital about 2:30 p.m. The line wrapped around to the back of the building and the parking lot appeared full.Starting Monday, Prisma officials said the site at Greer Memorial Hospital will be open Tuesday through Saturday, and the site at Hillcrest Hospital will be ope...