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• Florida, Jacksonville COVID-19 cases almost double in 1 week New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Florida and in and around Jacksonville have spiked to levels not seen in months. The White House said the state is playing an outsized role in driving up concerning national numbers. The growth in cases has risen for four weeks in a row and is now at levels not seen since winter. Over the past week, 45,603 new COVID-19 cases were identified in Florida, an average of 6,515 new cases per day, according to…
• US virus caseload doubles over three weeks By Heather Hollingsworth and Josh Funk | Associated Press The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings. Confirmed infections climbed to an average of about 23,600 a day on Monday, up from 11,300 on June 23, according to Johns Hopkins University data. And all but two states…
• The Latest: Virus cases surging in Italy; Euro 2020 link ROME — Daily new caseloads of confirmed COVID-19 infections are surging in Italy. Health experts say it’s clear that nationwide celebrations by Italian fans after European Championship soccer matches are a significant factor. Thousands of fans jammed Rome’s streets on July 12 to cheer an open-topped bus tour by Italy's national team, which won Euro 2020 by beating England the night before. The number of newly confirmed cases in the Lazio region that includes Rome more in the last three…
• DeSantis campaign merch targets Fauci, facemasks Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign is getting into the retail business with some novelty items designed to appeal to his supporters’ fatigue with coronavirus. Among the items being sold on the governor’s official campaign website are drink koozies and T-shirts that read, “Don’t Fauci My Florida.” Those are aimed at Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. Another koozie features a quote from DeSantis that says, “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a…
• Internal email: COVID-19 patients in Baptist Health ICU ‘shockingly young’ In an email sent to Baptist Health employees last week, hospital leaders warned of a resurgence in new cases of the coronavirus and said new patients requiring intensive care in recent days are “shockingly young.” “We recently lost one patient under age 40,” said the email that was obtained by News4Jax. Baptist Health told employees in the email that, like other Jacksonville-area hospitals, it has been experiencing an increase in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. MORE | Delta variant contributing to…
• Expert estimates 90% of Jacksonville’s new COVID-19 cases are Delta variant As new COVID-19 infections surge in Jacksonville, local health experts say an overwhelming majority of cases they’re seeing are the result of the Delta variant, now the dominant strain nationwide. Hospitals say they’re seeing beds fill up quickly and with younger patients who are getting sicker than before. Worse yet, the disease is proving deadly — resulting in 20 deaths this month at one hospital. Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention and control for UF Health Jacksonville, isn’t surprised by…
• US virus cases are rising again, doubling over three weeks The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings. Confirmed infections climbed to an average of about 23,600 a day on Monday, up from 11,300 on June 23, according to Johns Hopkins University data. And all but two states — Maine and South Dakota — reported that case…
• Greater Jacksonville driving Florida’s COVID-19 surge Florida’s number of coronavirus cases diagnosed last week -- 45,449 -- is nearing the increases seen in last summer’s spike. That week-to-week growth rate of infections is the highest the state has seen since June 2020. Nearly one-in-five of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections is from Florida, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said at a briefing. The rate in Jacksonville and three nearby counties are even higher, leading the state in new infections per capita and surpassing the increases…
• How worried should you be about the recent rise in coronavirus cases? Here’s what to know More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, plenty of questions still linger about the virus’s spread and what it means for Southern California residents. That point was emphasized on Thursday, July 15, when Los Angeles County health officials announced that people will once more be required to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. The first full day the reimposed mandate will be in effect is Sunday, July 18. Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties — and Pasadena, which…
• Fauci: Vaccinated people who contract COVID-19 are far less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people Getty/Kevin Dietsch Dr. Anthony Fauci said it would be "reasonable" to assume vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID-19. Vaccinated people who get COVID-19 typically have less virus in their nasal passages. That would suggest that breakthrough infections are less contagious than infections in unvaccinated people. See more stories on Insider's business page. Fully vaccinated people who get "breakthrough" cases of COVID-19 are probably less likely to spread the virus to others, Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a White…