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September 26, 2020 | 11:06am Enlarge Image Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's emergencies program, speaks at a news conference in February. Denis Balibouse/Reuters About a third of New Yorkers and less than a tenth of American adults were exposed to the coronavirus by the end of July, a new study of dialysis patients found.…

CLOSE COVID-19 widespread testing is crucial to fighting the pandemic, but is there enough testing? The answer is in the positivity rates. USA TODAYAmericans have a long way to go for "herd immunity" given that only about 9% of adults in the U.S. have been exposed to COVID-19. That's according to the largest study so far…

The Dallas County Health Department is reporting 11 more deaths and 1,181 additional cases of COVID-19 Friday. Of the 1,181 cases reported Friday, Dallas County Health said 967 came from the Texas DSHS backlog with 24 cases coming from April, 139 from May, 399 from June, 301 from July, 21 from August and 83 from…

Daily COVID Report / Today COVID REPORT: Five New Cases Confirmed Today, Joint Information Center Says Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported today, bringing to 501 the total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus.  Humboldt County Deputy Health Officer Dr.…

St. Louis County recorded its all-time high of new COVID-19 diagnoses on Friday with 73 people who have recently tested positive. Previously, the most cases the county recorded in a single day was 50, on Friday, Sept. 18. The uptick is unrelated to the new COVID-19 saliva testing site at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center,…