New COVID-19 cases show rise — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

The number of new coronavirus cased reported to the Orange County Health Care Agency rose mildly on Monday, but is still below the average levels of recent days. The OCHCA shows 560 cases today, up from 415 on Sunday, but below 702 on Saturday and 682 on Friday. The cumulative OC total is now at […]

New COVID-19 cases show rise — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

‘Explosive’ growth in COVID-19 cases could be on the way in B.C. if behaviour doesn’t change | Globalnews.ca – British Columbia, Canada

A rapid increase in “unsafe” contacts has B.C.’s top doctor warning of the potential for “explosive” growth in the number of COVID-19 cases in the province. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says increased contacts in restaurants, hotels, houseboats and at house parties have led to a recent surge in cases. Henry says the recent trend is driven by young people in their 20s and 30s. “We do have the possibility of having explosive growth here in our outbreak, if we’re not careful,” Henry said. The latest modelling data shows cases could surge in the summer and the province is no longer “flattening our curve.”

Source: ‘Explosive’ growth in COVID-19 cases could be on the way in B.C. if behaviour doesn’t change | Globalnews.ca

Florida COVID-19 cases soar again, California sees surge stabilize – The Jerusalem Post

The mayor of Chicago shut down indoor service at bars on Monday and Florida reported more than 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the sixth day in a row, as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States. The grim news was offset by an apparent stabilization of the outbreak in California and the fewest hospitalizations in four months in New York state, allowing New York City to enter a new phase of reopening.

Source: Florida COVID-19 cases soar again, California sees surge stabilize – The Jerusalem Post

Florida teachers sue over school reopenings as US COVID-19 cases mount | CIDRAP

Today teachers unions and parents in Florida sued Governor Ron DeSantis over his emergency order that schools reopen fully in August despite the state’s surging coronavirus cases and deaths, the New York Times reported. In the first known suit of its kind in the United States, the plaintiffs accused DeSantis of breaking a state law mandating “safe” and “secure” schools and asked the court to give jurisdiction over reopening to local school superintendents and health departments. The positive testing rate in Florida rose to 14.7%, the highest in a week, up from 5% in May. Public health experts have urged school districts to delay in-person schooling if their region has a positive testing rate higher than 5%. Today, Florida recorded another 10,347 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 360,394, as well as 92 more deaths, for a total of 5,183, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. At least 2,400 deaths (46.3%) have occurred in long-term care facilities.

Source: Florida teachers sue over school reopenings as US COVID-19 cases mount | CIDRAP

A House Bill Would Require Feds to Identify Themselves | The Nation

New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Washington, D.C., Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton will be introducing legislation this week that would require federal law enforcement officials to clearly identify themselves, according to a draft bill provided exclusively to The Nation.

Source: A House Bill Would Require Feds to Identify Themselves | The Nation