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Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A stark warning was issued by the El Paso County Public Health Department nearly 14 days ago: if there isn't a slow in the rate of COVID-19, the county could have to re-evaluate variances and scale back business operations. "It's a pretty upward trend for the month of July and it actually began in June," said Dr. Robin Johnson, El Paso County Public Health Medical Director. The county went from a rate that was among the lowest in the state to the second-highest rate in the state behind Denver, but the number of daily coronavirus cases has been dropping since Dr. Leon Kelly's warning. "We have continued to trend upward and in the last couple days we have flattened. It is has be...

Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Humboldt County’s total COVID-19 case count rose to 217, as 12 additional cases have been reported. While this is the largest single-day increase since the outbreak began, today’s report includes all new cases since Friday’s report. Since last Monday’s update of case distribution by age, 28 cases have been diagnosed locally. Two of those were reported in people over the age of 50, while 26 were between the ages of 0 and 49. Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich pointed out that the long-term impacts of COVID-19 are unknown even for relatively healthy people. “We’ve seen many positive cases associated with gatherings of friends and related to travel,” Dr. Frankovich said. “I’d ask everyone to consid...

More than a dozen members of the same family in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus following a family gathering where most if not all attendees did not wear masks. A family member told NBC News in an interview that one person has died and another is on life support after a party in mid-June led to 14 members of the family testing positive for the virus. Tony Green, who hosted the party for his parents, told NBC that he woke up with symptoms the morning after the gathering. "We just felt the worst was behind the country because everything was easy, things were reopening and none of us were experiencing any symptoms," he told NBC. Green did not provide the names of his family members but told NBC News that one elderly family member, his partner's grandmother, had died...

Coronavirus hospitalizations among children in Florida rose by more than 20 percent over a period of eight days in July as schools prepare to reopen across the state despite a sustained surge in infections.  Florida health authorities released data showing that 303 children below the age of 18 were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of July 24. On July 16, 246 children had been hospitalized because of the disease, marking a 23 percent increase. Cases among children also experienced a significant surge. According to the Florida Health Department, 31,150 confirmed cases as of July 24 were children. The figure represented a 34 percent increase from July 16, when 23,170 children had tested positive for the disease.  The positivity rate for children currently sits at about 14 percent. Five ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports one new COVID-19 death and 98 new COVID-19 cases among Alaska residents. According to a news release from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, YKHC saw it’s first hospitalization and medevac of a COVID-positive person. YKHC says they were aware of the positive case through testing done in Bethel. The person remained in self-isolation and was being monitored. The news release says the person’s condition worsened and later died due to complications related to COVID-19. DHSS reports 584 total nonresidents have tested positive for COVID-19. The total resident case count is at 2,622. DHSS reports recovered cases are at 817, with 1,784 active cases. In addition, there are 116 total hospitaliza...