Month: July 2021

After weeks of urging all Californians to get vaccinated, state public health officials rolled out a requirement on Tuesday that all state and healthcare workers provide proof of vaccination or undergo regular Covid testing. Then they rolled out some eye-popping Covid-19 numbers that demonstrate just why that decision was taken. Cases on Wednesday were surging in the state. According to Public Health Department data, the 7-day average test positivity rate has nearly tripled since July 4th, from 2.0% to 5.9%. In that same window, daily cases have surged even more, from 1,509 to 6,849. But the most telling figure may be the 7-day average number of cases per 100,000, a reliable measure of infection spread because it is an average. Related Story California Calls F...

ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has learned that the city of Atlanta has issued a mask mandate as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the city. It comes just two days after the mayor of Savannah issued a similar mandate for that city. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the order “requiring all persons in a public place, including private businesses and establishments, to wear a mask or a cloth face covering over their nose and mouth when indoors.” The city made the decision after a call with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, where the CDC recommended that some vaccinated people resume wearing masks indoors amid a recent spike seen in COVID-19 cases nationwide. TRENDING STORIES: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said case spikes were being dr...

CNN host John Berman on Wednesday pressed the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on why the agency updated its guidance to recommend that many Americans wear masks again, including vaccinated individuals. “You can understand the frustration in those of us who are vaccinated saying, ‘Why the hell do I have to pay the price for this?' ” Berman told CDC Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyCDC backtracks with new mask guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC advises vaccinated to wear masks in high-risk areas | Biden admin considering vaccine mandate for federal workers CDC: Vaccinated people should now wear masks in high transmission areas MORE on "New Day." "Right," Walensky responded, before seeking to explain the new guidance. "We're asking every...

There are currently 26 children being treated for COVID-19 in Alabama hospitals, according to Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association. That’s up from nine pediatric virus patients earlier this month, as COVID hospitalizations have skyrocketed in Alabama in July. Williamson said the rate new patients of all ages are coming in with COVID has him worried. “That’s what’s the most frightening,” he said. “It’s not the absolute number, it’s the rate of growth both of the cases and of the hospitalizations... We’ve never seen this slope before.” [Can’t see the chart? Click here.] Alabama hospitals were treating 1,181 patients for the coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to data from the Alabama Department of Public Health. Williamson said of those, 311 were in...

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