1 in 5 Prisoners in the US Has Tested Positive for Covid-19, 1,700 Dead So Far
4 years ago

1 in 5 Prisoners in the US Has Tested Positive for Covid-19, 1,700 Dead So Far

News 18  

One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In Arkansas, where more than 9,700 prisoners have tested positive and 50 have died, four of every seven have had the virus, the second-highest prison infection rate in the U.S. Infection and mortality rates may be even higher, since nearly every prison system has significantly fewer prisoners today than when the pandemic began, so rates represent a conservative estimate based on the largest known population. We call that screwing county, said John Wetzel, Pennsylvanias secretary of corrections, whose prison system has one of the lower COVID-19 case rates in the country, with one in every seven prisoners infected.

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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Health Ministry to Chair Meeting Today With States, UTs Over Covid-19 and Vaccination Status
2 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Health Ministry to Chair Meeting Today With States, UTs Over Covid-19 and Vaccination Status

News 18  

37 Inmates Test Covid Positive in Patna's Beur Jail As many as 37 inmates of Patna’s Beur jail tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan To Chair a Meeting With States on Covid-19 Situation And Vaccination, Through Video Conference Today: Sources Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to chair a meeting with states on COVID-19 situation and …

Covid 19: 37 inmates of Patna's Beur Jail test postive
2 years, 5 months ago

Covid 19: 37 inmates of Patna's Beur Jail test postive

India TV News  

Highlights Thirty-seven inmates of the Beur Central Prison tested positive for Coronavirus Mass testing was conducted after an inmate tested positive for the virus last week The state's active caseload had on Monday reached 774 Covid 19: As many as thirty-seven inmates of the Beur Central Prison tested positive for Coronavirus on Tuesday, officials said. Mass testing was ordered after …

COVID-19 outbreak grows at Alice Springs prison as almost half of all inmates test positive
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak grows at Alice Springs prison as almost half of all inmates test positive

ABC  

A Northern Territory Aboriginal legal service is calling for emergency measures to be enacted at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre as the number of prisoners infected with COVID-19 has doubled over the weekend. Key points: COVID-19 cases among prisoners have grown since a health team arrived at the facility on Friday to administer PCR tests It's not known how many …

News18 Afternoon Digest: Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 & Other Top Stories
2 years, 11 months ago

News18 Afternoon Digest: Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 & Other Top Stories

News 18  

More Restrictions, Closure of Schools Likely in Madhya Pradesh Sees Steady Rise in Covid Cases Amid increasing Covid-19 caseload in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had on January 8 said district wise Covid-19 situation will be reviewed on Monday. Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 Amid a surge in coronavirus …

A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards
3 years, 3 months ago

A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have continued to fight the request to mandate COVID vaccinations for all corrections guards and staff. Seeking a vaccine mandate for all state prison guards and staff, a federal court-appointed receiver overseeing the medical care of California’s prisons argued Friday that there have been 11 coronavirus-related deaths since August among …

Covid-19 cases climbing in US, wiping out months of progress
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 cases climbing in US, wiping out months of progress

India Today  

Covid-19 deaths and cases in the US have climbed back to levels not seen since last winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden's argument for his sweeping new vaccination requirements. “Our hospitals are at the brink of collapse in many communities,” said Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky's public health commissioner. The U.S. is averaging over 1,800 …

A THIRD of Americans had been infected with COVID-19 by the end of 2020, study finds
3 years, 3 months ago

A THIRD of Americans had been infected with COVID-19 by the end of 2020, study finds

Daily Mail  

COVID-19 may have infected more Americans in 2020 than previously believed, a new study finds. Researchers from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health simulated transmission of the virus across the country, and found that 31 percent of the country's population had contracted the virus at some point last year. This means that there could have been around 100 …

Up to 60% of COVID-19 cases in the US may have gone undetected
3 years, 4 months ago

Up to 60% of COVID-19 cases in the US may have gone undetected

Daily Mail  

Up to 60 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the United States may not have been counted, a new study finds. Only one out of every 2.3 COVID-19 cases were detected nationwide, according to a new study, meaning 60% of cases nationwide went undetected 60% of COVID cases in Indiana went undetected, with many going unnoticed early on in the …

Covid-19 cases are surging in 46 states. In one hot spot, hospitalized patients are younger than ever, doctor says
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 cases are surging in 46 states. In one hot spot, hospitalized patients are younger than ever, doctor says

CNN  

CNN — Just as health experts predicted, the combination of unvaccinated people and the more contagious Delta strain of coronavirus has led to new Covid-19 surges. The vast majority of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have one thing in common: They’re among unvaccinated people, doctors say. We’re seeing some teenagers and some pediatric patients as well.” In St. Louis …

Meghalaya DGP, Over 60 Prisoners of Nongpoh Jail Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 5 months ago

Meghalaya DGP, Over 60 Prisoners of Nongpoh Jail Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek on Monday said that state DGP R Chandranathan has tested positive for Covid-19 and has quarantined himself at home. Expressing concern over the same, the minister said that there has been a sudden surge in the number of the Covid-19 cases among the Nongpoh jail inmates. In the statement made by Union Minister of State …

As COVID recedes in prisons, will any lessons learned stick?
3 years, 5 months ago

As COVID recedes in prisons, will any lessons learned stick?

Associated Press  

Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. “The pandemic’s gonna win every time.” For 15 months, The Marshall Project and The Associated Press tracked the spread of COVID-19 through prisons nationwide. “A great many of the people who ever had COVID, they were never tested,” said Dr. Homer Venters, a former chief medical officer of the New York City jail system …

Covid-19 cases declining in state's prisons: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 cases declining in state's prisons: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC

India Today  

Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the number of Covid cases in prisons has decreased significantly, with only five positive cases in Taloja Central Prison, the state's most populous prison. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was hearing a suo motu PIL filed in response to news reports …

Bombay High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Covid-19 Surge In Prisons
3 years, 8 months ago

Bombay High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Covid-19 Surge In Prisons

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday took Suo Motu cognisance of the surge in Covid-19 cases in various prisons across Maharashtra based on newspaper reports. The division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Chandrakant Bhadang took up the matter on Friday and directed the State to provide information on the status of these COVID-19 cases, among staff and prison inmates, …

AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader
3 years, 10 months ago

AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration was nearing the end of an unprecedented string of executions, 70% of death row inmates were sick with COVID-19. Of the 47 people on death row, 33 tested positive between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20, becoming infected soon after the executions of Alfred Bourgeois on Dec. 11, and Brandon Bernard on Dec. 10, according …

1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
4 years ago

1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

Associated Press  

— One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. “She was like, ‘Momma, my Christmas ain’t going to be the same.’” Nearly every prison system in the country has seen infection rates significantly higher than the communities around …

Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket In California Prisons
4 years ago

Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket In California Prisons

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the coronavirus spreads rapidly nationwide, the number of COVID-19 cases in California’s prisons has risen dramatically in recent weeks, with nearly 1 in 10 people incarcerated there currently infected with the virus. “They knew this was going to happen,” Chatfield added, noting there were deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in California prisons this summer and public health experts …

National commission says prison inmates, guards should be among first to get COVID-19 vaccine
4 years ago

National commission says prison inmates, guards should be among first to get COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spread through prisons, guards and inmates should be among the first to receive vaccinations against the virus that causes the illness, a national commission recommended Monday. The commission recommendation follows efforts out of California courts, where judges have ordered more than 1,000 inmates released or transferred to reduce San Quentin’s prison population of 2,900 …

Indiana sets new single-day record for COVID-19 cases
4 years, 1 month ago

Indiana sets new single-day record for COVID-19 cases

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana set a daily high of newly reported cases of COVID-19 Thursday as the number of hospitalizations and new infections across the state continued to spike. The 3,649 new infections reported by the Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday marked the first time Indiana has recorded more than 3,000 positive cases of the virus in one day. …

COVID-19 spreads in Maharashtra’s prisons
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 spreads in Maharashtra’s prisons

The Hindu  

As soon as prison authorities in Maharashtra realised that overcrowded jails would be a magnet for the COVID-19 virus, they took the unprecedented decision in March of releasing prisoners on temporary bail or parole. Of the 2,509 prison staff who showed symptoms, 416 tested positive but 360 recovered. The second highest number of positive cases was reported by Nagpur Central …

Prison inmates are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 than those on the outside, new report finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Prison inmates are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 than those on the outside, new report finds

CNN  

CNN — The Covid-19 infection and mortality rates are significantly higher in prisons than in the general population, though the severity differs widely among states, a new study found. The rate of Covid-19 cases in prisons is nearly 7,000 cases per 100,000 people in prison, more than four times the rate of cases per 100,000 people in the general population, …

145 Inmates of Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail Test Positive for Covid-19 in Last 24 Hours
4 years, 4 months ago

145 Inmates of Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail Test Positive for Covid-19 in Last 24 Hours

News 18  

Coronavirus pandemic has hit the central jail here with more than 350 inmates testing positive in the last one week and a murder accused succumbing to the pathogen on Sunday, a top prison official said. The undertrial prisoner was the first to test positive for the virus in the prison at nearby Poojapura and in the last one week 359 …

Covid-19 patient total nearly doubled since July 30; Containment is "crucial" says expert
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 patient total nearly doubled since July 30; Containment is "crucial" says expert

NL Times  

There were 150 people being treated for Covid-19 in Dutch hospitals on Wednesday, nearly double the total on July 30. Additionally, data from public health agency RIVM showed that already this week more than two thousand more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus which causes Covid-19. "It is crucial to contain this wave of contamination, otherwise the number of …

At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Last Two Weeks Of July
4 years, 4 months ago

At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Last Two Weeks Of July

NPR  

At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Last Two Weeks Of July At least 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 during the last two weeks of July, according to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. If there is good news in a report like this, it's that, in spite of …

More than 500 inmates in Tucson prison unit of Arizona test COVID-19 positive
4 years, 4 months ago

More than 500 inmates in Tucson prison unit of Arizona test COVID-19 positive

Firstpost  

According to the Arizona Department of Corrections COVID-19 dashboard, 890 inmates at the state prisons and 564 staff members have tested positive Los Angeles: More than 500 inmates - nearly half the population - of a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said, while at a California prison the COVID-19 toll …

23 Ohio death row inmates test positive for COVID-19
4 years, 4 months ago

23 Ohio death row inmates test positive for COVID-19

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 20 Ohio death row inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak flaring up just this past week, The Associated Press has learned. In Arizona, at least eight death row prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19, including Alfonso Salazar, who died in April from complications of COVID-19, said attorney Dale Baich, who leads death …

Send Accused in Judicial Custody after Covid-19 Test, Odisha Prison Authority Tells Police
4 years, 4 months ago

Send Accused in Judicial Custody after Covid-19 Test, Odisha Prison Authority Tells Police

News 18  

The Odisha prison authority has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR test to detect coronavirus infection in accused before sending them to judicial custody, an official said on Thursday. They said the highest 54 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in prisons of Berhampur circle, that also includes Ganjam district which has been hit hardest by the pandemic in …

In Andhra, 60-year-olds told not to step out as state records 7,998 new COVID cases
4 years, 4 months ago

In Andhra, 60-year-olds told not to step out as state records 7,998 new COVID cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: With coronavirus infections rising across Andhra Pradesh, the state government has advised people above the age of 60 not to step out of their homes if they are suffering from chronic ailments like diabetes, heart diseases, cancer and HIV. Andhra Pradesh has registered a single day spike of 7,998 new COVID-19 cases, raising total tally to 72,711, apart from …

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