The number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive week and confirmed COVID-19 deaths also fell last week, according to a World Health Organization report issued Wednesday. Here's that and more COVID news.
Here's a selection of COVID-19 news from today, April 6.The future of COVID boostersWhile many Americans are trying to move on with their lives after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are debating the best way to use vaccines to stay ahead of the coronavirus.
The announcement came as China’s largest city remained in lockdown and conducted more mass testing Wednesday following another jump in new cases. The study, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at the health records of more than 1.25 million vaccinated people in Israel who were 60 or older from January through March 2022, a time when the Omicron coronavirus variant was the dominant strain. Read more here:
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Covid-19: Four Covid-related deaths and 530 in hospitalThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is 3,346.
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Covid-19: Two Covid-related deaths and 519 in hospitalThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is 3,348.
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COVID-19 Update: IL reports 756 new cases, 0 deathsIllinois reported 756 new COVID cases and 0 related deaths Monday.
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Amid rollback on COVID-19 mandates Bay Area sees uptick in cold, flu casesDr. Chin-Hong says UCSF is seeing an increase in influenza and common cold cases as less people are wearing masks and more people returning to work and a more 'normal' life.
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COVID-19 cases climb in some states due to omicron subvariant BA.2New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut are among states seeing the biggest rise in COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19 Cases Remain Low, Stomach Flu Outbreaks RiseWhile coronavirus cases continue to decline across the U.S., outbreaks of the norovirus, which causes stomach flu, have increased dramatically since the beginning of January.
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