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Trump hails FDAs emergency approval of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine as a medical miracle and says shots have shipped and will start being administered within 24 HOURS The FDA on Friday night gave emergency approval to Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine, making  it the first shot available in the US  An estimated 2.9 million doses are supposed to be shipped within 24 hours and health care workers and nursing home residents will be first in line  Operation Warp Speed expects the US will have shots in arms w...

Deaths rose by nearly 16,000 nationwide last week - an increase of 44 percent compared to the previous seven days, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Bulloch now on ‘emerging’ list for COVID increase Georgia sets single-day record with 6,126 new cases Thursday While Bulloch County has not seen the surge of positive COVID-19 cases the county experienced in late August and into September, the Georgia Department of Public Health, nonetheless, has placed Bull...

The four-county GLOW region saw 142 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as the number of active cases continues at their highest level since the pandemic arrived in the region in March. Livingston County matched Genesee County on Thursday with 187 active cases each. For Livingston County the total represented the most active COVID-19 cases in a single day. Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties have a total of 636 active cases as of Thursday, according to data from the count...

On Monday, the HHS released facility-level data of US hospitals from more than 2,000 counties showing that 1 in 3 hospitals across the country had ICUs that were more than 90% full.

The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average is 27.4 % HIGHER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 41.9 % HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 7.6 % HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. Todays posts include: U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are at a near-record 221,267 U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at a record 3,124 U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at a record 106,688 The 7-day rolling aver...

New data, dashboard provide information on Covid-19 hospital capacity By Pinar Karaca-Mandic Dec. 10, 2020Reprints Members of the medical staff change bed sheets in the Covid-19 ICU at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston. Go Nakamura/Getty Images The surge in Covid-19 cases that began in early November has raised questions about how hospital systems nationwide are handling the pandemic and whether there are enough beds and staff to take care of hospitalized patients. A bi...