Tag Archives: Cases

Coronavirus UK: 1,940 new cases in biggest surge since MAY

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: Coronavirus UK: 1,940 new cases in biggest surge since MAY »

Accuracy of U.S. coronavirus data thrown into question as decline in testing skews drop in new cases

A state-funded Covid-19 mobile testing site stands in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday Aug. 5, 2020. Jayme Gershen | Bloomberg | Getty Images For the first time in months, the daily growth of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily fallen over the past two weeks, giving some hope to U.S. officials who proclaimed… Read More: Accuracy of U.S. coronavirus data thrown into question as decline… »

Dr. Birx warns U.S. in new phase of coronavirus pandemic with ‘extraordinarily widespread’ cases

Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts | Getty Images Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said on Sunday that the… Read More: Dr. Birx warns U.S. in new phase of coronavirus pandemic… »