Remdesivir Tied to Fewer Deaths; Japan Trace Fails: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) — Texas hospitalizations topped 10,000 for the first time and California suffered its second-highest day of deaths. Florida’s biggest county had a record number of patients in its intensive-care units.New York will allow limited visitors into nursing homes and long-term facilities for the first time in months. Overall U.S. cases rose 1.9%, matching the average daily rise over the past week.Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir treatment reduced the mortality risk for Covid-19 patients by 62% compared to standard care, a new analysis of trial data showed. Japan is trying to fix its contact-tracing app after it failed to register new …read more

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