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No matter the outcome of the 2020 presidential race, Elizabeth Yuko says it’s not the coronavirus election many survivors like her were hoping for. The race’s razor-thin margin is a blow, she writes, but also an indicator of how urgent it is for officials to make better public health messaging their top priority.

Rochester, N. Y. – Monroe County health leaders are asking citizens to exercise caution amid what they are causing a second surge of COVID-19. “As of right now, we have more than 850 cases, more than three times the number of active cases we had just one month ago,” Monroe County Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza said during a briefing Thursday. Mendoza tied the rise in cases to group gatherings in recent weeks and a lack of COVID-19 prevention efforts on the part of those gathered.

It depends on a complicated interplay of transmission rates, available doses and societal goals.

During the state’s regular COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, Minnesota health officials discussed the state’s testing strategies, as well as contact tracing. MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm also took time to discuss widespread community transmission in the state …

Eighty-six people with the coronavirus were hospitalized around the state Wednesday, the highest since the pandemic began in March, state data shows.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford missed practice Wednesday and has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced, meaning he either tested positive for COVID-19 or was in close contact with someone who did.

Michigan health officials are reporting 4,101 new cases of the coronavirus and 19 additional COVID-19 deaths. Michigan has now had 192,096 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 7,419 COVID-19 deaths. Tuesday the state was at 187,995 confirmed cases with 7,400 deaths. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is now providing weekly updates on the number of people who have…

State officials reported that San Diego County had an unadjusted new daily coronavirus case rate of 8.7 per 100,000. The adjusted case rate dropped to 7.4 per 100,000, above the baseline of 7 which makes up the floor for the purple, or most restrictive tier of the reopening plan.

Coronavirus Update