Victoria has recorded zero new cases of COVID-19 and zero deaths in the past 24 hours. The figures, a welcome start to November, come as Premier Daniel Andrews took a break from his daily press conference on Saturday for the first time in 120 days. The 14-day rolling average in metropolitan Melbourne is at 2.2,… Read More »
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Coronavirus cases in England have “increased rapidly”, data shows, as ministers grapple with what to do next. Estimates suggest between one-in-170 and one-in-240 people you meet in the street has the virus. Both current cases, and the speed at which they are increasing, are much higher in the north of England than the national average.… Read More »
A technical glitch that meant nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus went unreported has delayed efforts to trace contacts of people who tested positive. Public Health England said 15,841 cases between 25 September and 2 October were left out of the UK daily case figures. They were then added in to reach Saturday’s figure of 12,872… Read More »
Growing coronavirus outbreaks across the American West and Midwest have started to take an alarming turn as some states report growing Covid-19 hospitalizations and a shrinking supply of beds for patients. Six states reached record high Covid-19 hospitalizations, based on a weekly average to smooth out the reporting, as of Friday, according to a CNBC… Read More »
UK confirms 1,940 new cases of coronavirus in biggest surge since MAY as 10 more deaths are announced and outbreak could now be growing by up to 2% per day but R rate remains unchanged between 0.9 and 1.1 Health Secretary Matt Hancock today offered reassurance saying Test & Trace and lockdowns ‘are working’ Government… Read More »
Trends are now “going in the right direction,” said Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump administration physician overseeing US coronavirus testing, attributing the decline in part to safety protocols such as masks and social distancing. The daily average number official new coronavirus cases reported in the US has been declining for weeks. Cases over the past… Read More »