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California must increase its current daily testing more than twofold to control the worsening spread of coronavirus, according to new estimates released this week by the Harvard Global Health Institute. The adjusted goals come as cases have been swelling across the country, and some states have seen positive cases vastly outpace their ability to test. California has been keeping up with the spike in new cases by performing an average of 215 tests per 100,000 people per day, or about 85,000 tests per day.. ...

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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - Idaho officials reported 253 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to 6370 as Idaho cities are making face coverings mandatory. Idaho had 365 new confirmed infections Tuesday, and the 14-day trend for the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 jumped from 3.4% to 11.4%, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The positivity rate is a measure of how widespread the disease is in the community, and Idaho guidelines say that number needs to be under 5% to lift restrictions. There are 5,786 confirmed cases and 584 probable cases in 40 of the 44 Idaho counties, according to numbers released from the local health districts and the state. See the chart below. Southeastern Idaho Publ...

More than 93,000 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Massachusetts Updated: 7:18 PM EDT Jul 1, 2020 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that an additional 1,753 people in the state have recovered from COVID-19.As of June 17, weekly data shows that 93,157 patients have been released from isolation, meaning they are considered to have recovered from the virus.Last week, state health officials said 91,404 patients had recovered from COVID-19. The DPH also reported 28 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Wednesday, bringing the state's total to 8,081.The statewide death toll came down from 8,095 to 8,054 on Tuesday due...

Many patients experience muscle weakness after lying in a hospital bed for so long, said Dr. Dale Needham, a critical care physician at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a leader in the field of intensive care recovery. As a result, they can have trouble walking, climbing stairs or lifting objects. Nerve damage or weakness can also whittle away muscle strength, Dr. Needham said. Neurological problems can cause other symptoms, too. Dr. Chen said that Mount Sinai’s post-Covid center has referred nearly 40 percent of patients to neurologists for issues like fatigue, confusion and mental fogginess. “Some of it is very debilitating,” he said. “We have patients who come in and tell us: ‘I can’t concentrate on work. I’ve recovered, I don’t have any breathing problems, I don’t have chest pain...

California lawmakers harshly criticized state corrections officials' “failure of leadership” Wednesday, saying they botched their handling of the coronavirus pandemic by inadvertently transferring infected inmates to a virus-free prison, triggering the state’s worst prison outbreak.A third of the 3,500 inmates at San Quentin State Prison near San Francisco have tested positive since officials transferred 121 inmates from the heavily impacted California Institution for Men in Chino on May 30 without properly testing them for infections.“I don’t say this lightly, but this is a failure of leadership. This crisis is completely avoidable,” said state Sen. Mike McGuire, who represents the San Quentin area. The transfer from the stricken prison in Southern California “should have never happ...