Conditions more dangerous. Elderly residents were evacuated this morning from a hollywood nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma. Police say three patients guided the facility and two at a hospital. We believe at this time they may be related to the loss of power and the storm. Reporter police have started to criminal investigation into the deaths. They did not say whether the facility had air conditioning when paramedics were called early this morning. As we arrived on the scene with our fire rescue crews, we saw that there were a number of people in respiratory distress. Reporter across florida 4. 4 million homes and businesses still have no power. Floridas biggest utility lined up prepare trucks this morning in the miami area. But Officials Say could it be more than a week before electricity is back for everyo everyone. Power outages also remain an issue here in jacksonville. More than 800 utility workers are trying to restore electricity to the more than 100,000 custome
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, with vaccination rates going up and inoculations now available to anyone over fifteen, officials had hoped that case counts would be in serious decline. But no: This week s roundup of data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows infections and hospitalizations continuing to rise and the number of newly identified outbreaks has skyrocketed.
The 170 new outbreak sites in the state listed on the CDPHE s just-released April 28 survey represents a 13.166 percent increase in just seven days and the spike is paced by an explosion of outbreaks at schools in which the overwhelming majority of positive tests involve students. The 52 outbreaks at K-12 facilities account for well over a quarter of the new outbreaks.