As a diabetic, Joshua Garza had a chance to get the COVID -19 vaccine within the first month. In a decision that will forever haunt him, Garza passed; ...
"The insurance must cover medical, travel and other related costs for COVID -19 should they test positive while on board," Royal Caribbean said in a ...
In the roughly six months since the military first began offering COVID -19 vaccines to its frontline personnel, the Navy has outpaced the other services ...
Research Finds Masks Can Prevent COVID -19 Transmission in Schools. “With masking, the schools clearly can safely deliver face-to-face education for ...
Safety and Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid -19 Vaccine. List of authors. Paul T. Heath, F.R.C.P.C.H.,; Eva P. Galiza, M.B., B.S.,; David N. Baxter, M.D., ...
The new numbers bring Michigan's total COVID -19 cases to 894,628, and 19,748 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Vaccinating Michigan: Tracking ...
In this retrospective cohort study, we compared the incidence, features and outcomes of acute kidney injury among veterans hospitalized with COVID -19 ...
Existing capacity limitations related to COVID -19 in campus facilities have been removed. Meeting rooms, auditoriums, etc. can resume 100% capacity ...
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said Tuesday that as of July 1, Marion County will lift all COVID -19 restrictions. That means that restaurants, bars, ...
He said that while state employees were not required to receive a COVID -19 vaccine, "the Office of Administration strongly encourages people to do ...
However, while it may not be as intriguing of a headline, the challenges pork producers face coming out of COVID -19—labor shortages, infrastructure ...
The remarkable development and rollout of Covid -19 vaccines will be hailed as a triumph of science. The rapidity of the process, though, opens the ...
Andrew W. Burchett, chief medical information officer at Avera Health. "During the COVID -19 pandemic, Avera, like many healthcare organizations, was ...
Covid -19 vaccines are considered to be largely protective against the variant—studies show two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is approximately ...
“The majority of the 85 COVID -19 cases associated with the youth camp are among teens,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. “The perceived risk to ...
Oregon Health Authority reported 87 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID -19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 208,222. OHA ...
As Mississippi's vaccination effort continues to limp forward, state health officials are warning of the massive threat the Delta variant of COVID -19 ...
The delta coronavirus variant, which scientists believe may be the most aggressive and contagious strain of the COVID -19 virus seen so far, is expected ...
Meanwhile, there have been a total of 5.6 million COVID -19 vaccinations administered in Minnesota, with over 3.2 million receiving the Pfizer vaccine, ...
To fight the COVID -19 pandemic, countries sequence the genomes of viruses collected from patients. The successes and failures at keeping up with the ...
As the so-called Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID -19, threatens to spread in more places in the U.S., some may wonder what ...
Parents or guardians should talk with their care team to learn more about pediatric patient visitation. For safety reasons, patients with COVID -19 or ...
A Covid -19 victim was buried late Sunday in Johannesburg. Photo: Ali Greeff/Associated Press. Africa's third wave of infection comes at a perilous ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will tighten COVID -19 restrictions for 14 days as current containment measures are not sufficient to prevent ...
The first sign of trouble for the world came in late March, when there was a sudden uptick in new Covid -19 cases in India. Over little more than a month ...
In some cases, the COVID -19 coronavirus does seem to reactivate the herpes zoster virus if a person already has had shingles or chickenpox. This can ...
OHA also reported 138 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID -19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 208,136. Vaccinations in ...
Biden administration officials are cautioning that a 90-day review into the origins of the Covid -19 virus may not produce a definitive explanation as ...
Based on a recent government projection, the Delta variant of the Covid -19 virus could become the dominant type of this coronavirus in the U.S. within ...
While players are exempt from Britain's mandatory quarantine, they will be required to provide a negative COVID test within 72 hours of entering the ...
A recent report from the Associated Press indicates that less than half of the North Carolinians eligible for a COVID -19 shot are fully vaccinated, even ...
North Carolina will announce the first two winners of its COVID -19 vaccination lottery on Monday, with the lucky individuals earning large cash and ...
As of Saturday, there were 289 people hospitalized with COVID -19 or suspected cases, a drop from 302 from the day before. Of those hospitalized, 29 ...
Local businesses have been working to achieve economic recovery, but one setback for many is COVID -19 related fines. As of April 2021, California's ...
"We just knew it had to be something serious involving COVID for (NC State) not to even play." Phil Young, father of Vanderbilt shortstop Carter Young, ...
North Carolina has reported a COVID -19 cluster in Bladen County, where about a third of the population is fully vaccinated. About 60% of recent cases in ...
(June 25, 2021) - Hillsborough County is finalizing the demobilization of its COVID -19 coronavirus operations as cases continue to decrease, public ...
Although all campers and staff were eligible for the COVID -19 vaccine, the state health department said only “a handful” of them had gotten inoculated ...
Raptis: Patients with myeloma are immunosuppressed and are at high risk for experiencing severe complications and morbidity from COVID -19 infection ...
In April, he got COVID -19. His mother said he wasn't vaccinated and got very sick quickly. He was hospitalized and placed on ECMO. Being placed on ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 292 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID -19 and 8 related deaths Friday. The state ...
It found that the daily trend in hospitalizations increased following reopening, resulting in over 5,300 new people being hospitalized for COVID -19 ...
COVID -19 symptoms, including fever, can start anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks after exposure to the virus. Fever is one of the ways your body tries to ...
"We urge all eligible Michiganders to get the safe and effective COVID -19 vaccine as soon as they are able." In this Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, a healthcare ...
Eli Lilly's COVID -19 antibody cocktail has already been on the outs in several states over fears of reduced variant efficacy. Now, the U.S. has decided ...
At a time when the highly transmissible Covid delta variant is poised to become the most dominant strain in the U.S, the country's vaccination drives ...
About 33% said telemedicine (despite its convenience during COVID -19) in their opinion has decreased their level of care. Tzvia Bader, TrialJectory ...
Covid : Balearics and Malta added to UK's green travel list · Europe: The Balearic Islands (which include Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca and Formentera), Malta ...
Actemra is not authorized for use in outpatients with COVID -19. In clinical trials of hospitalized patients with COVID -19, Actemra in addition to the routine ...
It was clear relatively early in the pandemic that a handful of risk factors dramatically impacted the severity of COVID -19. Among them were advanced ...
Employers no longer need to take as many steps to protect fully vaccinated employees from COVID -19. However, unvaccinated or at-risk workers still ...
One of the many issues that have flummoxed scientists researching COVID -19 is the nose-to-toes diversity of its symptoms, which extend well beyond ...
Many had been vaccinated against Covid , according to the director general of the Health Ministry, Prof. Chezy Levy, though he did not specify if they ...
And only about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID -19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people. That translates to about 0.8%, or five deaths per ...
As we look to the Fall semester, I wanted to let you know about some of the plans in place to help to continue to protect our community from COVID -19.
New Covid -19 infections in the U.S. will tick higher this fall as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin warned ...
An adverse reaction to a Covid -19 vaccine has been listed as an underlying cause for one death in Northern Ireland. The government statistics agency ...
It calls for refunds to people who paid money or gave contributions to obtain a product known as Silver Solution in the early days of the COVID -19 ...
Paul Kilgore of Wayne State says the vaccines will protect people from the new variants of COVID -19, but expresses caution about the coming fall. Tweet ...
Starting this week, the $25 dollar COVID Cash Cards are expanding to 38 counties – ten of which are in central NC or near the Triangle. The cards had ...
"We're all pretty concerned about it," she said. "It looks like it's more transmissible, it looks like it can reinfect people who've already had Covid . It looks ...
For every diagnosed COVID -19 case in this time frame, the researchers estimate that there were 4.8 undiagnosed cases, representing an additional 16.8 ...
The findings help reinforce evidence that antibodies are safe when given as treatments or induced by COVID -19 vaccines. The two types of antibodies ...
Actions President Trump took last year, such as campaign rallies and riding in a car to visit supporters when he was being treated for COVID -19 at Walter ...
Walgreens, one of the nation's two largest drugstore chains, plans to give $25 in store credit to anyone who gets a COVID -19 vaccination there in the ...
A few more weeks needed to meet vaccination goal · Doubling down on 18- to-26-year-olds · 65% of American adults have at least one COVID -19 shot · ' ...
Michigan Lifts Most of Remaining COVID -19 Restrictions ... Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faced considerable political pressure to end the restrictions, according ...
Students at Indiana University filed a federal lawsuit Monday, suing the school over its COVID -19 vaccination requirement. The lawsuit alleges that the ...
... advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday the highly contagious delta variant is the "greatest threat" to the nation's attempt to eliminate Covid -19. Delta ...
Covid rates in Cornwall have risen above the England average for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Business leaders and academics ...
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the stranger symptoms of COVID -19 has been a loss of smell, taste, or both. Now, a study of brain ...
The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll found a political divide in attitudes on the COVID -19 pandemic. Over half of Democrats responding were concerned ...
Employers providing health care services will be required to comply with new COVID -19 specific standards it specifies. The ETS applies to all settings ...
Covid -19 transmission is accelerating in several poorly vaccinated states, primarily in the South plus Missouri and Utah, and more young people are ...
“While infections and deaths from Covid -19 are decreasing in the U.S. and other nations, South America has turned into the pandemic's epicenter,” said ...
California will pay off the accumulated unpaid rent that has piled up during the COVID -19 pandemic, the AP reports. Why it matters: The move would ...
Officials GAO interviewed from federal agencies and state and local jurisdictions said they did not incur COVID -19 mitigation costs for the events ...
COVID -19 coordinator Sandra Hill said that Hooper Bay, like many other communities, dropped its quarantine requirements this spring. Hodges said that ...
Dive Insight: As the COVID -19 pandemic gripped the U.S., it was clear last year that Black Americans were bearing the brunt of the deadly virus. Black ...
When California officials unveiled a new system to provide digital COVID -19 vaccine records last week, they billed it as a convenience, an easy way ...
Whaley and his colleagues realized that birthdays could be a particularly useful tool for revealing national COVID -19 transmission patterns for a number ...
Maryland has reported no new deaths from COVID -19 for the first time since 2020 and Virginia has officially hit 70% of adults with at least one vaccine ...
No deaths were reported, the death toll remains at 2,633. Health officials advised that 133,406 individuals have recovered from COVID -19, among the ...
AAFM: Governor lifts all State COVID -19 restrictions ... Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets It's hard to capture the pride and gratitude we feel ...
In the flurry of social media posts that followed, a Czech blogger's tweet saying Eriksen had recently received a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID -19 vaccine ...
OHA also reported 200 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID -19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 206,774. Vaccinations in ...
Recent reports of COVID -19 infections aboard cruise ships — along with simple math — suggest that it will be nearly impossible for any cruise line to ...
As some governments and pharmaceutical officials prepare for Covid booster shots targeting more-infectious virus variants, health authorities say it's ...
Local health officials said while the state of West Virginia is in a better place now regarding the COVID -19 pandemic than i. You have reached content ...
Scott Hopes said the COVID -19 cases, two of which were fatal, only occurred among the unvaccinated members of the workforce. “Individual employees ...
When COVID -19 vaccines became available in California, police officers, firefighters and other first responders got priority access, and potentially ...
L.A. County has a population of 10 million; the Bay Area has 7.7 million. This is just one more piece of evidence about how the course of COVID -19 has ...
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan is lifting all of its COVID restrictions for capacity, masks and gatherings next week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced this ...
The government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where up to 65% of those tested in some areas are COVID positive, health ministry ...
The total number of deaths linked to Covid -19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 2,155. Another 158 people have tested positive for ...
But while the situation hasn't escalated to red, there's no denying that the Quintana Roo section of Mexico is still dealing with a serious COVID -19 ...
Although Seat Detroit briefly operated a leased location in Eastern Market in the weeks before COVID -19 hit, that location closed soon after. Seat Detroit ...
“People getting seriously ill and being hospitalized due to COVID -19 are those who have not been fully vaccinated,” Biden said. “The new variant will ...
Brazil, Besieged by Covid , Now Faces a Severe Drought. Brazilians are paying more for electricity, dealing with the possibility of water rationing and ...
Britain Turns Into Test Case for Covid Endgame. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised no more delays to lifting restrictions, yet cases are surging ...
Even mild cases of COVID -19 may lead to loss of brain tissue, according to findings from a long-term study involving 782 volunteers. As part of the ...
A new vaccine lottery in Illinois will offer a total of $10 million in total prize money to residents who get vaccinated against COVID -19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...
Greenwich Public Schools has not reported any new cases of COVID in two weeks, according to its most recent update Friday. In all of June, there have ...
The findings showed that 63 of the 9119 patients with severe COVID -19 infection contracted the virus a second time, with an average reinfection period ...
COVID -19 appears to have triggered cold agglutinin disease (CAD) in a woman with thalassemia, an inherited bleeding disorder that affects red blood ...
Despite Haiti's relatively low COVID -19 infection rate, its poverty and inadequate health care system are creating a public health emergency. The first ...
All were able to get on top of Covid -19 in 2020 through aggressive actions like strict lockdowns and contact tracing, which were later often replicated ...
Bloomington, Ind. - A Bloomington Fire Department (BFD) employee is the first City worker to report a positive result of a COVID -19 viral test in five ...
Gottlieb explained to CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith" that the destruction of brain tissue could explain why Covid patients lost their sense of ...
With more than 600,000 Americans dead of COVID -19 and questions still raging about the origin of the virus and the government's response, a push is ...
“Cruise passengers who are not fully vaccinated against Covid -19 are at increased risk, since the virus spreads person-to-person, and outbreaks of ...
And just like that, California reopened. As of Tuesday, the state has lifted most COVID -19 restrictions, and many indoor public areas will no longer ...
Pregnant women and their clinicians were left to weigh the documented risks of Covid -19 infection against the unknown safety risks of vaccination in ...
A second order remits any fines related to COVID violations. Fried issued a written statement later denouncing the vote. “Local leaders made choices ...
A study published in the Lancet last month suggested more than half of the Covid patients that died in 64 hospitals in 10 African countries were not given ...
The vaccine candidate demonstrated an interim efficacy of 47% against Covid -19 disease "of any severity." The late-stage clinical trial found high ...
The trial will continue as researchers monitor volunteers for new cases of Covid , with a final analysis expected in two to three weeks. “We're going to full ...
The Yukon Territory's COVID -19 outbreak climbed from 18 to 21 active cases on Monday. That's despite nearly three-quarters of the territory's adult ...
City staff will return to the council at a future date to decide if and when these measures will be scaled back as the COVID -19 emergency comes to an ...
This week, Britain delayed plans to lift most remaining COVID -19 restrictions by a month, saying the extra time would be used to speed up Britain's ...
The efficacy and safety of tofacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, in patients who are hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 ( Covid -19) pneumonia ...
A majority of adult Floridians have received at least one dose of a COVID -19 vaccine, but many remain hesitant about undergoing vaccination. Among ...
The end of New York's Covid -19 rules means big changes for concerts, sports and shows in the state. Indoor and outdoor stadiums, theaters, arenas, ...
The Cloquet School District will see a significant reduction in COVID -19 protocols and guidelines this summer following the loosening of restrictions at ...
But instead of ticker-tape parades declaring victory over COVID or great mask bonfires to officially turn our backs on the pandemic, across the Bay ...
When the first highly effective COVID -19 vaccines arrived locally in mid-December, it was a remarkable sign of hope. In King County at the time, 240 ...
The order says that the state's public universities and community colleges can't “mandate that students obtain a COVID -19 vaccine, show proof of COVID ...
Now, thanks in part to an effective vaccine rollout and high rates of adoption, California has achieved one of the lowest Covid rates in the country. At ...
... adult care home providers, looking after older people, to only deploy staff who have had a Covid -19 vaccination or have an appropriate exemption.".
As of this morning, Mercy alone is caring for 57 people with COVID -19 in its Springfield hospital, McCoy said, noting four patients are in the ER. “It has ...
Every adult in England will be able to book their first Covid -19 vaccination from the end of this week, the head of the NHS has disclosed. Sir Simon ...
Massachusetts remains a leader in the nation in COVID -19 vaccinations, with almost 4 million residents fully vaccinated, and COVID -19 case trends ...
Vehicles check-in at the CVS drive-thru COVID -19 rapid testing site. Last week, the state added 1,786 cases and 175 deaths from the virus, a decrease ...
A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of Covid -19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.
With the statewide lifting of COVID -19 restrictions, questions have persisted about requirements for mask-wearing. Newsom on Monday warned that the ...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Although the vast majority of COVID -19 restrictions will be lifted Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned Monday the virus is still ...
When I compare Covid -19 to past health crises in carceral settings, I'm concerned that we will simply improve care delivery for one disease instead of ...
To respond to COVID -19, the Transportation Security Administration took steps such as granting officers additional paid leave, and requiring them to ...
Researchers developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to find patterns in gene expression data and predict outcomes for COVID -19 and other viral ...
A small clinical trial suggests stem cells from umbilical cords can reduce the mortality rate of COVID -19 patients on ventilators. The cells may help calm ...
Overall, 45% of Iowans were fully vaccinated in the latest count, and 50% had received at least one injection of a COVID -19 vaccine, the Times reported.
Novavax announced Monday that its COVID -19 vaccine had a 90.4% efficacy in a phase 3 trial in the U.S. and Mexico. Health officials in Illinois reported ...
OFO officials noted that employee absences due to COVID -19 did not generally have a significant impact on port operations, given relatively low travel ...
Ori Tzvieli, deputy health officer for Contra Costa County. "If you do not already have the best protection available against COVID -19, now is the time to ...
Northwest Iowa — Just four new positive COVID tests are reported in the four-county area of Sioux, O'Brien, Osceola and Lyon Counties over the past ...
OHA also reported 167 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID -19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 205,029. Vaccinations in ...
Post- Covid data needs careful handling. Economic data about the strength of the recovery partly reflect 'base effects'. The editorial board. Add to myFT.
New cases of Covid -19 are declining across most of the US, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all states where cases ...
In late March, Houston Methodist became the first major healthcare system in the U.S. to require Covid -19 vaccinations for its existing employees and ...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — It's been more than a year in the making, the day the tough restrictions put into place to battle the COVID pandemic are finally ...
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Melanie Wolcott vaccinates Latasha Roddan on the last day the Salt Lake County Health Department's COVID -19 ...
Additionally, over 69 percent of Illinois adults have received at least one COVID -19 vaccine dose, with 52 percent of Illinois adults now fully vaccinated, ...
COVID -19 variants could lead to a fall surge in U.S. cases after months of decline, if more people don't get vaccinated. That's the warning in a recent ...
Eight Venezuela soccer players in Brazil for the Copa America have tested positive for COVID -19, health officials said on Saturday, a day before they ...
The new local case is a primary close contact of another coronavirus case and has been self-isolating. Vic exposure sites; Qld Covid hotspots list; ...
... situation had “sharply worsened” in the past week, and that thousands of hospital beds were being repurposed to provide care for Covid -19 patients.
The Liberal Democrats in Cornwall expressed concern before the summit that the influx of police, delegates and protesters could increase Covid cases ...
OHA also reported 285 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID -19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 204,865. Clackamas County ...
More than half of Californians 12 and older, the current minimum age to be eligible for one of the vaccines against COVID -19, are fully inoculated, ...
A cluster of Delta-variant COVID -19 infections has been detected at an art school in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, the regional health authority ...
Although a few states have seen large increases in vaccination rates among Black and Latino Americans, most are still trailing behind. Stanisha Land ...
In Namibia, all nonemergency surgery has been canceled to preserve space for Covid -19 patients and military hospitals have been opened for civilian ...
It's visible in the repurposed COVID -19 wards and clear in the data: The coronavirus pandemic as we have experienced it this last year and a half is ...
As the country slowly bounces back to life after COVID -19, we begin a series on resilience. This week, we hear how teens in Hammond, Indiana found ...
Dr. Peter Hotez warned that Southern U.S. states could feel the impact of the highly transmissible Delta Covid variant as early as this summer, due in ...
Why? “The termination of certain provisions of my Covid -19 related Executive Orders during this stage of the emergency would compound the effects of ...
The United States will lead the G7+ in a global COVID -19 vaccination campaign, providing 500 million safe and effective COVID -19 vaccines for the ...
There are only three Covid -19 patients at Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital, on Long Island, New York — a far cry ...
Royal Caribbean Cruises said Friday it isn't changing its sailing plans this summer despite reporting two positive Covid -19 cases aboard its Celebrity ...
In light of the data, the scientists who advise the U.K. government on COVID -19 said the kits "are not as sensitive as had been expected from the test ...
The treatment can also interfere with tests used to monitor blood clotting. The frequency of thrombosis as a complication of COVID -19 makes treating the ...
"Our values call on us to do everything that we can to vaccinate the world against COVID -19," Biden said of the decision. "It's also in America's self- ...
All passengers were required to show proof of vaccination in addition to a negative COVID -19 test within a 72-hour period before the ship departed ...
Including this data with other COVID -19 health outcomes better illustrates the full effect of this pandemic on communities of color and how health ...
Safety groups say that the administration's decision to narrow the emergency rules' scope to just health care abandons an essential piece of the Covid - ...
Other metrics are down, too: An average of eight Chicagoans are being hospitalized with COVID -19 per day, and the city's positivity rate has fallen to ...
Some observational studies hint that vitamin D supplements could also help prevent COVID -19 infection and severe disease. However, newly published ...
Dive Brief: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday sent a letter to healthcare providers and insurers reminding them that COVID -19 vaccines and ...
Many experts and professional societies stress that the benefits of the vaccines and being protected against Covid -19 still vastly outweigh the risks that ...
Two new studies explain how the virus damages cells that help produce insulin, but it is not known how many COVID patients develop diabetes, or if it is ...
Importantly, there had been no randomized controlled clinical-trial data on the safety and efficacy of the medicine in Covid -19 patients. As requests ...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has sought to justify the timing of the first national Covid lockdown after claims a delay cost thousands of lives. He told ...
Vaccine. Colorado COVID cases, hospitalizations continue to fall. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials spoke Wednesday as ...
This article explores plant-based diets and their health benefits in relation to COVID -19 and otherwise. It also looks at how a vegan diet could decrease ...
... next stage of lockdown easing next Monday but stricter rules will remain in place in the capital Lisbon due to a worrying rise in COVID -19 infections, ...
Several early Covid cases in Wuhan were discovered in people with connections to that market. The researchers originally carried out the surveys to ...
From February 10, 2021, through April 23, 2021, a total of 1422 reports of postvaccination reactions were submitted to a Covid -19 vaccine allergy case ...
The Labor Department will limit long-awaited emergency Covid -19 workplace safety rules to the health care sector, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said ...
Scientists took blood from volunteers who had received the Johnson & Johnson COVID -19 vaccine and looked at the levels of neutralizing antibodies, ...
Britain reported six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID -19 test on Wednesday and a further 7,540 cases of the disease, official government ...