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We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. Alaska reported a near-record increase in the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with 40 new cases in residents and seven in nonresidents. One more infected resident required hospitalization Tuesday, for a total of 79 since the pandemic began in March, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard. Statewide hospital census information showed 30 people hospitalized Wednesday morning with either positive tests or pending results, but that data ca...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that an additional 1,190 people in the state have recovered from COVID-19.As of July 8, weekly data shows that 94,347 patients have been released from isolation, meaning they are considered to have recovered from the virus.Last week, state health officials said 93,157 patients had recovered from COVID-19. In addition, the DPH confirmed 30 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Wednesday, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,028.State health officials also confirmed 162 new COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 104,961. As of Wednesday, 662 patients with the virus were hospitalized in Massachusetts. There were 102 COVID-19 patients reported to be in a...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Faced with a surge in coronavirus cases, the Allegheny County moved quickly last week to shutdown in-person operations and indoor seating at restaurants and bars. Now, as potential lifeline to those businesses, they are loosening some restrictions. The Allegheny County Health Department issued a new two-week order that loosens some restrictions, like allowing outdoor dining and drinking. The order also limits gatherings to no more than 25 people inside and 50 outside. This new order rescinds the other two recently issued — one banning the on-site consumption of alcohol and the other shutting down bars and restaurants except for takeout. It takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday. CLICK HERE: READ THE FULL ORDER Indoor areas must be close except to through-traffic, an...

Forget the coronavirus, say hello to dengue fever.  An 11th case of the mosquito-borne illness has been confirmed in the Florida Keys, officials from the Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday.  All of the cases have been found in Key Largo, the northernmost key about 60 miles south of Miami, including eight cases that were found there during the last week of June, officials said.  The viral disease is contracted through the bite of a female Aedes aegypti mosquito, a species that’s considered invasive and also spreads illnesses like yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Symptoms of dengue typically appear within two weeks of a bite and include fever, severe muscle aches and pains, and at times a rash, the health department said.  Health officials are in the process...

LANSING, Mich. – The Detroit Region is now considered “medium-high risk” as the number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continues to increase throughout the state. READ: Here’s how all 83 Michigan counties are divided into regions in Gov. Whitmer’s reopening plan “The Detroit Region has increased to the medium-high risk level based on case rate and percent positivity increases over three weeks,” the state says on its MI Safe Start map. The seven-day rolling average of cases in the Detroit Region has risen to 22 per million population, which warrants medium-high risk. The 3% positive test rate is not yet at the medium-high risk level. While the Lansing Region’s case rates have decreased in the last week, it’s still considered high risk. The Grand Rapids Region has also been upgraded t...