According to RUHS, the total number of deaths from likely virus- related complications over the last 32 months stands at 6,694.
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Riverside County is expected to announce updated coronavirus numbers Monday, with the most recent data showing COVID-positive patients in intensive care units had increased by eight, while overall hospitalizations dropped slightly. The Riverside University Health System said Friday that the number of ICU patients had increased to 97, compared to 89 Thursday, while total hospitalizations […]
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(CNN) — Almost 72,000 children and teens caught Covid-19 last week — a “substantial” increase from a week earlier, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Tuesday. The group counted 71,726 new cases from July 22 – 29. That is a “substantial” increase from the nearly 39,000 cases reported a week before, and five times as many kids who […]
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(CNN) — Individuals who intentionally spread the novel coronavirus could be charged with terrorism for the “purposeful exposure and infection of others,” a Justice Department memo says. Writing that the virus “appears to meet the statutory definition of a ‘biological agent,’ ” Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said in the memo to federal law enforcement agencies and […]
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Riverside County supervisors Tuesday formally ratified a local public health emergency declaration stemming from novel coronavirus cases in the county, directing key agencies to initiate efforts to mitigate potential impacts of the virus. The Board of Supervisors’ action was required after county Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser unilaterally issued a countywide health emergency Sunday. […]
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Three more cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have been reported in California, bringing the state’s total to six and the country’s total to 11 cases. Late Sunday, officials confirmed a San Benito County man who had recently traveled back from Wuhan, China, and his wife have the virus. Both were isolating themselves in their home. The man arrived at […]
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The preparation of donor breast milk has been linked to the deaths of three babies at a Pennsylvania hospital, officials said Friday. Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles north of Harrisburg, discovered the infection in July. The infection was caused by the pseudomonas bacteria, which grows in water. Three babies died and five […]
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Three infants have died and five others have become ill from a waterborne bacterial infection at the neonatal intensive care unit of a Pennsylvania hospital, a spokesman said. One baby is still receiving treatment and four others have recovered, said Geisinger Medical Center spokesman Joseph Stender. All of the infected babies were born prematurely, Matthew […]