Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 07February 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Summary:
New US cases of Covid-19 this past week were down 23.9% from the prior week, and down 53.3% from the early January peak. Although the 7-day average of news cases is now the lowest since November 9th, it s also higher that every 7-day period before that date.
Before December 20, there had not been any cases of Covid-19 among the nuns living at the Motherhouse campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Adrian, Michigan.
9 nuns die of Covid-19 after outbreak at Adrian Dominican Sisters campus in Michigan
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Nine nuns who died after a Covid-19 outbreak at the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Michigan.
Before December 20, there had not been any cases of Covid-19 among the nuns living at the Motherhouse campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Adrian, Michigan.
Now, nine are dead of the disease after an outbreak with 48 of the campus’ 217 residents testing positive. Thirteen active Covid-19 cases remain and 26 are recovering, Adrian Dominican Sisters said in a statement.
“We spent nine months keeping the coronavirus at bay. Right before Christmas, it slipped in,” Sister Patricia Siemen told CNN affiliate WDIV. Siemen is the order’s prioress, or leader.
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The deaths add to what is becoming a familiar trend in the spread of the virus as it devastates religious congregate communities by infecting retired, aging populations of nuns and sisters.