With totals reported Thursday, Georgia is close to 301,000 COVID-19 cases. There also are now 6,474 confirmed deaths caused by the respiratory illness.Georgia's numbers continue mostly to improve, although cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated over June before numbers began to spike. Hospitalizations continue to fall. The number of confirmed cases in hospitals is below…
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool People entering Oxford Circus Station in London, England. Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 17 September Steep rise in new coronavirus cases in England despite testing shortage The weekly number of people testing positive…
40 additional cases of coronavirus reported, no new deaths, according to Maine CDC The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 40 additional cases of coronavirus and no new deaths on Monday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 136. Two new deaths were reported over the weekend.The additional 40 cases…
435 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Massachusetts, 16 additional deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 435 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 122,637.State health officials also confirmed 16 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,987.More than 2.96 million molecular…
The Associated Press this undated electron microscope image made available by the us national institutes of health in february 2020 shows the novel coronavirus sars cov 2 also known as 2019 ncov, the virus causes covid 19 the sample was isolated from a patient in the us niaid rml via ap SOURCE: The Associated Press…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…