New South Wales announced zero new local cases of COVID-19 and five in hotel quarantine on Sunday morning as the state remains on high alert following a hotel quarantine worker testing positive earlier this week. The worker remains in isolation after their positive test on Wednesday and no close or community contacts have contracted COVID-19.… Read More »
South Australia recorded zero new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the day before restrictions are expected to ease. The state’s total number of infections remains at 561, with 17 considered active. There are 33 cases still connected to the Parafield cluster, with almost 2000 people quarantining over links to the group. SA Health Deputy Chief Public… Read More »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska on Saturday reported hitting a daily record in new coronavirus cases. The state reported 604 cases, the highest in a single day since Oct. 25, when 526 cases were tallied, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The Department of Health and Social Services says there were no new deaths from the virus.… Read More »
The number of people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 on one day has jumped by nearly a quarter in England. There were 478 people admitted to hospital on Sunday – the largest daily figure since early June – up from 386. More than two-thirds of those were in the North West, North East and Yorkshire.… Read More »
Coronavirus cases continued to grow over the weekend in nearly a dozen U.S. states as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warns about the nation’s worrying level of new infections. Covid-19 cases were growing by 5% or more, based on a weekly average to smooth out daily reporting, in 11 states as… Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, September 10, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday encouraged universities and colleges that reopened their campuses this fall to continue holding classes in person despite rising coronavirus cases, claiming… Read More »
Estimated payer spending for COVID-19 may be lower than initially projected, according to a new report released by America’s Health Insurance Plans. The first estimate released on March 30 showed COVID-19 treatment costs at between $ 56 and $ 556 billion. The new cost estimate is between $ 30 to $ 546.6 billion, according to… Read More »