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Tuesday and Wednesday were the deadliest days for the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia, as a combined 282 people lost their lives.
“We are in a true crisis,” said Dr. Harry Heiman, a Georgia State University public health expert. “Not only are we seeing surging COVID cases and hospitalizations, but also, now the predicted and predictable surge in deaths.”
With 145 deaths Tuesday and 137 more reported Wednesday, 10,580 Georgia citizens have died as a result of COVID-19. In Bulloch County, Public Safety/Emergency Management Agency Director Ted Wynn announced the county’s 39th coronavirus death on Tuesday a 31-year-old woman with no known serious previous health conditions.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The city recorded its 200th death attributed to COVID-19 coronavirus when it noted one new death on Wednesday, Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration announced. Cleveland also confirmed 184 new cases of coronavirus among city residents. The newly confirmed cases involved patients ranging in age from less than five years old into their 90s. The average age of those who died was .
New COVID19 Variants Don t Change the Rules of the Game
(13 Jan 2021) A day-long virtual meeting of scientists from around the globe, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, brought together more than 1,750 experts from 124 countries to discuss critical knowledge gaps and research priorities for emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID19.
Welcoming them, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said, “Science and research have played a vital role in responding to the pandemic since day one and will continue to be the heartbeat of everything WHO does.”
The consultation was structured around six thematic areas covering epidemiology and mathematical modelling,