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Daily Covid-19 cases will hit six digits soon, expert warns, as US reports a one-day high of more than 83,000 infections

October 24, 2020 10:01 am CNN

The US just marked a harrowing milestone: It recorded its highest one-day number of Covid-19 infections Friday at more than 83,000 — more than 6,000…

Fauci says it might be time to mandate masks as Covid-19 surges across US

October 23, 2020 7:11 pm CNN

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been reluctant to support a federal mask mandate. “A national mandate probably would not work,” he said on Sept 15…

The US just reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections in one day since the pandemic’s start

October 23, 2020 8:56 pm CNN

The US reported more than 80,000 new coronavirus infections Friday — the highest daily case number since the pandemic began. That comes amid…

New Covid-19 cases reported Friday in the US are the second highest since the pandemic began

October 23, 2020 7:13 pm CNN

The number of new coronavirus cases across the United States surpassed 75,000 on Friday, not long after the US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams…

COVID-19 on the Central Coast

March 23, 2020 8:06 pm KION546 News Team

SAN BENITO COUNTY: San Benito County Health and Human Services confirms 1,432 total cases of COVID-19. 25 cases remain active1,392 people have…

New Covid-19 cases reported Friday in the US are the fourth highest since the pandemic began

October 23, 2020 5:10 pm CNN

Coronavirus cases across the United States soared to nearly 72,000 new cases on Friday, not long after the US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned…

AstraZeneca, J&J resuming US tests of COVID-19 vaccines

October 23, 2020 2:13 pm The Associated Press

AstraZeneca Inc. announced Friday that regulators are letting it resume testing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the…

Religious leaders hold virtual vigil for those affected by COVID-19 outbreak at Watsonville Post Acute

October 23, 2020 4:23 pm Avery Johnson

Religious leaders from Watsonville came together to support those affected by a COVID-19 outbreak at…

US could soon see the highest number of Covid-19 cases ever on a daily basis, surgeon general says

October 23, 2020 3:40 pm CNN

The number of Covid-19 cases reported across the country is rising so fast that US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warns it could be the worst week…

Two people saved with CPR at two different Pebble Beach golf courses

October 23, 2020 11:38 am Avery Johnson

The American Heart Association reports that more than 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside of hospitals every…

For Covid-19 vaccine recipients, CDC to roll out cell phone-based monitoring system

October 22, 2020 5:30 pm CNN

Once a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to monitor…

Santa is skipping Macy’s for the first time in 159 years

October 22, 2020 2:33 pm CNN

There will be no miracle on 34th Street this year. Santa Claus won’t be visiting any Macy’s stores in 2020, ending a 159-year…

FDA approves remdesivir to treat Covid-19

October 22, 2020 1:51 pm CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration approved remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus infection, the drug’s maker, Gilead Sciences,…

A mom in Utah had a heart attack. The life-saving care she needed was in short supply because of Covid-19

October 22, 2020 3:32 am CNN

In the predawn hours of a recent Tuesday morning in a suburban Salt Lake City hospital, Laurie Terry’s doctor made a disturbing discovery:…

Central Coast cemeteries make plans for a safe Dia de los Muertos

October 21, 2020 11:32 am Megan Meier

For Maria Padilla, time with her loved ones is time spent at Valley Catholic Cemetery in Watsonville. “First is my brother, then my daughter and now…

Utah heart attack victim competes for medical care amid surge in Covid-19 cases

October 21, 2020 5:42 pm CNN

In the predawn hours of a recent Tuesday morning in a suburban Salt Lake City hospital, Laurie Terry’s doctor made a disturbing discovery:…

Coronavirus vaccine volunteer in Brazil’s AstraZeneca trial dies — but authorities say trial to continue

October 21, 2020 4:10 pm CNN

A volunteer in Brazil’s trial of AstraZeneca’s experimental coronavirus vaccine has died, the Brazilian health agency Anvisa announced on…

Court orders California to cut San Quentin inmates by half

October 21, 2020 2:47 pm The Associated Press

A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most…

The coronavirus pandemic will get better next year but first we’re going to have a ‘horrible winter,’ top doctor says

October 21, 2020 1:42 pm CNN

The data around Covid-19 in the US is not comforting. Daily reports of cases are rising, and one health expert says we’re a week away from a…

US is nearing ‘rapid acceleration’ of Covid-19 cases, expert warns, as daily infections hit about 60,000

October 21, 2020 11:15 am CNN

US Covid-19 cases will begin to rapidly accelerate in about a week, a leading health expert says, as the country’s daily averages keep climbing…