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Six more people have died of COVID-19 in Minnesota, health officials reported Saturday, as new test results pushed the number of confirmed cases statewide to more than 35,000. The number of hospitalized patients declined significantly, dropping from 335 on Friday to 300 patients at Saturday’s data release from the Minnesota Department of Health. While weekly…

Share on PinterestScientists continue the fight against COVID-19, studying ways to destroy the new coronavirus in their labs.Some have suggested that the U.S. is currently struggling with two pandemics at once. Although a simple vaccine cannot fix the racism pandemic, many scientists are actively working to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in their labs. In…

With novel coronavirus infections setting a single-day national record Wednesday, health experts are taking little solace from one of the few bright spots in the current resurgence: Deaths are not rising in lockstep with caseloads.But that may be just a matter of time.“Deaths always lag considerably behind cases,” Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease…

City of Tshwane Health officials seen during a testing drive for the coronavirus in Pretoria in early June. Latest modelling estimates that ICU bed capacities in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape will be exceeded by end of June.Modelling update estimates 408 000 Covid-19 cases and 7 440 deaths by mid-July.The models should be interpreted…

Medical staff, wearing protective gear, move a patient infected with the coronavirus from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Covid-19-related deaths rise to 1 831 nationally.About 1 260 434 tests have been conducted, with 87 715 total positive cases as of Friday.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said 60 deaths were reported…