Month: September 2021

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - More patients in Iowa’s hospitals are in intensive care units with COVID-19 since before Christmas in 2020, according to the latest state data. As of Wednesday, the state reported a total of 8,404 additional individuals who tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the same time last Wednesday. An average of 1,200.6 individuals tested positive per day over the last week, slightly higher than the previous week’s 1,186.9 people. A total of 416,794 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Around 29% of the total set of positive tests in the past week were from children aged 17 and under, according to the state. This represents a 22% increase in that age group’s share of total positives week-to-week. 30 more people who di...

DETROIT – Fifty-one hospital workers, most of them registered nurses, have sued Henry Ford Health System, arguing it is unconstitutional to require staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “The Mandate requires that Plaintiffs choose between exposing themselves to potential harm or death or abandon their careers in health care,” states the lawsuit, filed Monday in Detroit federal court. The employees are asking the court to deem the requirement unenforceable and stop the mandate, to go in effect Friday, Sept. 10. They allege the health system subjects employees to “significant likelihood of bodily harm.” Henry Ford has no compelling interest that justifies required immunization as the “novel” injections have been shown to be “ineffective, cause injury and death,” alleges the lawsuit. ...

A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions. A male in his 50s from Curry County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County. A male in his 90s from Doña Ana County. The individual had underlying conditions. A male in his 60s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A female in her 60s from Lea County. The individual was hospitalized. A female in her 90s from Lea County. The individual had underlying conditions. A male in his 70s from Lincoln County. The individual was hospital...

Two Humboldt County residents have died from COVID-19, marking the 80th death in the county since the pandemic began. Staff in the Department Operations Center extend their condolences to the friends, loved ones and caregivers of those who died. Two new hospitalizations have also been reported, including one resident in their 50s and one in their 70s. Thirty-two new cases of COVID-19 have been processed and confirmed in the county, bringing to 7,578 the total number of residents who have tested positive. As of Tuesday, 73,532 county residents have been fully vaccinated, or 54.1 percent of the county’s total population. Nearly 70 percent of the vaccine-eligible population age 12 and older has received at least one dose. COVID-19 vaccines are available at Public Health clinics located aro...