Month: August 2021

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A surge in coronavirus cases has been reported in the Bay Area and across California as well as the country due in part to the emergence of the highly-contagious delta variant. The latest number of confirmed cases in the U.S. can be found at the CDC's 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the U.S. page. (The CDC updates the webpage on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.) Join anchor Kristen Sze for ABC7's daily, interactive newscast about the coronavirus outbreak in the Bay Area and around the world. You can check here to stream the show Monday-Friday at 3 p.m.Here are the latest developments on the respiratory illness in the U.S.: Aug. 22, 2021 11:50 a.m.Benicia to consider indoor mask mandate at this week's city council meetingThe Benicia City Council will consider a resolution ...

Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Macy’s (Getty Images) It seems that the days of drinking bleach to treat or prevent covid-19, a dangerous and bogus practice promoted by former President Donald Trump, are not over. However, this time the hot faux cure on the market is a drug called ivermectin, which is used in animals to treat heartworm disease and internal and external parasites. The misguided idea of using ivermectin to treat or prevent covid-19 isn’t new, but it’s apparently been gaining steam. On Friday, the drug raised alarm bells in Mississippi after the state’s health department warned health professionals to report any cases of humans ingesting prescribed or livestock formulations of ivermectin. The state health department said that at least 70% of recent calls to t...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A surge in coronavirus cases has been reported in the Bay Area and across California as well as the country due in part to the emergence of the highly-contagious delta variant. The latest number of confirmed cases in the U.S. can be found at the CDC's 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the U.S. page. (The CDC updates the webpage on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.) Join anchor Kristen Sze for ABC7's daily, interactive newscast about the coronavirus outbreak in the Bay Area and around the world. You can check here to stream the show Monday-Friday at 3 p.m.Here are the latest developments on the respiratory illness in the U.S.: Aug. 22, 2021 11:50 a.m.Benicia to consider indoor mask mandate at this week's city council meetingThe Benicia City Council will consider a resolution ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County reported 2,781 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths Sunday, though health officials said the case numbers and deaths may reflect delays in weekend reporting. In a slight bit of good news, the number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped for the fourth consecutive day, declining from 1,746 on Saturday to 1,722, according to state figures. That number was 1,786 on Thursday. However, there were 439 COVID patients in intensive care on Sunday, up from 435 the day before. The latest figures brought the county's totals to 1,383,186 cases and 25,071 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. On Saturday, the department once again reminded residents that vac...