Weekly COVID-19 report marks 1st time no patients in ICU or on ventilators; 9 new deaths

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The Amarillo Public Health Department (APHD) reported an increase of 19 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths over the past week in its weekly COVID-19 report card released Friday.

The report is posted every Friday with updated data from BSA Health System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, and Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center.

Trauma Service Area A, which includes Potter and Randall counties as well as the majority of the Texas Panhandle, is recording a .65% COVID-19 hospitalization rate as of Thursday, according to the State Department of Health Services website.

Friday's COVID-19 report card, issued weekly by the Amarillo Public Health Department.

The 19 new COVID-19 active cases amount to a seven-day, new-case average of three, with a seven-day positivity rate of 2%, according to the report card.

That brings the total number of cases in Potter and Randall counties to 74,161 and the total number of deaths to 1,233 since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Full numbers can be found on the APHD website.

A total of 86 cases were considered active on the website Friday.

According to the site, there have been 72,851 total recoveries for the area.

Potter County's total cases sit at 35,806 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total, 29 are active, with 35,048 recoveries and 729 deaths related to the virus, according to the APHD website.

Randall County's total COVID-19 cases rose to 38,367 since the start of the pandemic. Of the total, 57 are active, with 37,803 recoveries and 507 deaths related to the virus.

According to the APHD website, 579,197 COVID-19 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

By the Centers for Disease Control standards, both Randall and Potter counties' community levels of COVID-19 were considered Low, or Green, as of Thursday.

The Amarillo Public Health COVID-19 Hospitalization report, also being released each Friday, noted one COVID-19 patient hospitalized who is not vaccinated.

No patients were in the ICU or on ventilators.

For more information on COVID-19 and the vaccine, visit amarilloalerts.com

Editor's note: Some of the numbers surrounding COVID-19 cases listed in this story are different on the weekly report card, vs. the APHD website. According to the public health department, readers can check the website for the latest updates and totals.

This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: COVID-19 report marks 1st time 0 patients in ICU or on ventilators

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Weekly COVID report: Two more deaths, 10 new cases as pandemic ends second year

The number of new COVID-19 cases have continued to decrease during the past week in Tuscarawas County, according to Jennifer Demuth, director of health promotion and community relations for the Tuscarawas County Health Department.

As of 2 p.m. Thursday, the county had 158 active cases, 41 fewer than in the previous week.

The county had 10 new COVID-19 cases reported between 2 p.m. March 11 and 2 p.m. Thursday. The reporting period includes only six days because the Ohio Department of Health began releasing weekly data on Thursdays only, starting Thursday.

There were four new hospitalizations of county residents and two more deaths in the same period. As of Friday, 488 Tuscarawas County residents had been lost to COVID-19.

Two people with confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19 were receiving treatment in Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital on Friday. On March 11, the facility had three inpatients with COVID-19. No COVID-19 inpatient was in intensive care Friday.

Monday marked two years since the Tuscarawas County Health Department learned of the first case of COVID-19 in the county. The agency released a six-minute YouTube video to reflect upon shared experiences throughout the challenges of the pandemic, and to show appreciation for the support it received from the community.

The video is available online at

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: 10 new COVID cases and two more deaths in Tuscarawas County last week

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CNN+ headed for 100,000 subscribers in first week — report

Under pressure from new owner Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to justify its costs, CNN’s streaming service eclipsed 100,000 subscribers in its first week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The number for CNN+ is small relative to mass-market entertainment services like Netflix and Disney+, which have been around far longer, but suggests a favorable start for a news service in a business where only a handful of players top 1 million customers.

The leader is the New York Times, with almost 8 million paying customers at year-end.

CNN has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to program and market the service, which executives describe as the news organization’s most ambitious new venture since the founding of the network more than 40 years ago.

CNN+ offers a mix of lifestyle shows and traditional news, including a daily interview show from Chris Wallace and a food and travel show hosted by actress Eva Longoria.

The most popular shows thus far include Wallace’s and “5 Things with Kate Bolduan,” a fast-paced countdown of the day’s big events, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing numbers that aren’t public.

CNN charges $5.99 a month for the streaming service, the same as Fox News’ paid streaming service. Fox Corp. hasn’t said how many people pay for Fox Nation.

CNN declined to comment on the subscriber number. “We continue to be happy with the launch and its progress after only two weeks of being available to customers,” a spokesperson for the network said Wednesday in an email.

The pressure on CNN+ stems in part from last week’s merger of Discovery Inc. with CNN parent WarnerMedia, creating the new Warner Bros. Discovery. The streaming service launched on March 29.

Discovery borrowed $30 billion to complete its deal with WarnerMedia, and has pledged to find $3 billion in synergies from the combined company.

The projected budget for CNN+ is one likely source for cuts, according to reports in Axios and CNBC.

The streaming service was a priority for former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, who wanted to position the network for a future where most people watch TV online instead of via cable and satellite providers.

Zucker left the company earlier this year due to an inappropriate relationship with one of his chief lieutenants, and Chris Licht, executive producer of the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” will take over as the new head of CNN in May.

Licht was recruited by David Zaslav, who led Discovery and became chief executive officer of the new Warner Bros. Discovery when the merger was completed last week.

Zaslav plans to bundle the company’s other streaming services, HBO Max and Discovery+, into a single package with a new price.

Late last year, he pared high several high-cost projects from the budget of Discovery+.

The question is whether Zaslav will show patience. The New York Times Co. took four years to reach 1 million online subscribers. That was years ago, when customers were less familiar with online subscriptions. But even newer services have taken years to build large subscriber bases.

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