Health
The US just topped 1,100 coronavirus deaths a day. One state is getting National Guard help, and others keep breaking records – CNN
You know Covid-19 is out of control when health officials are so overwhelmed, they can’t notify close contacts who may be infected.
(CNN)You know Covid-19 is out of control when health officials are so overwhelmed, they can’t notify close contacts who may be infected.
That’s what’s happening in North Dakota, one of 31 states suffering more new Covid-19 cases this past week compared to the previous week.
Contact tracing is crucial to finding possible carriers of coronavirus, so they can quarantine and break the chain of infection.
But a “sharp increase” in new cases has engulfed contact tracers, leading to delays and “a backlog…
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