The U.S. is averaging about 73,000 new cases per day and the number of Americans in the hospital with COVID-19 has plummeted by about half to around 47,000 since early September
Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in.
A high school outside Boston became the first in Massachusetts to make masks optional after it hit a state vaccination threshold. With about 95 per cent of eligible people at Hopkinton High inoculated, school leaders voted to allow vaccinated students and staff to go maskless for a three-week trial period starting Nov. 1.
Also, COVID-19 deaths per day have begun to creep back up again after a decline that started in late September. Deaths are running at about 1,700 per day, up from close to 1,500 two weeks ago. The vast majority of hospitalized patients in Wyoming haven’t gotten the vaccine, the state’s vaccination rate is only about 43 per cent. Only West Virginia ranks lower.
“We can’t say for certain, of course, that if he got to an ICU bed sooner that he would have survived, but we just feel in our hearts that he would have,” said Cameron’s granddaughter, Janna Curry.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Quebec reports 429 new COVID-19 cases and two more deathsQuebec public health institute says about 90 per cent of Quebecers aged 12 and older have received at least one dose, while 86 per cent are considered fully vaccinated with two shots
Read more »
Ontario reports 370 COVID-19 cases, one new virus-related deathOntario Health Minister Christine Elliott says 247 cases are among people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown immunization status
Read more »
Russia marks another record number of daily COVID-19 casesRussia reported another daily record of confirmed coronavirus cases Monday as a surge in infections has prompted the Kremlin to tell most people to stay away from work starting later this week.
Read more »
Ontario reports 326 new COVID-19 cases, no new deathsOntario is reporting just over 300 new COVID-19 cases today and no new virus-related deaths.
Read more »
Ontario reports 326 new COVID-19 cases, no new deathsOntario reports 326 COVID-19 cases, no deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 231 cases are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have unknown vaccination status
Read more »
Quebec reports 324 new COVID-19 cases, five deathsQuebec reports 324 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths. After six consecutive days of declining hospitalizations, the number of patients requiring a hospital stay rose by nine patients to 259
Read more »