The Latest: Australia state reports record daily infections

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SYDNEY — Australia’s astir populous authorities reported a regular grounds 466 caller locally acquired COVID-19 infections connected Saturday and accrued fines for breaches of pandemic restrictions.

The erstwhile grounds tally successful New South Wales, location to Sydney, was 390 reported connected Friday.

Four radical had died overnight, bringing the decease toll successful New South Wales from an outbreak of the delta variant archetypal detected successful Sydney successful mid-June to 42.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said fines for breaking pandemic rules specified arsenic breaching quarantine orders had been accrued from 1,000 Australian dollars ($737) to AU$5,000 ($3,685).

Sydney residents volition beryllium restricted to wrong 5 kilometers (3 miles) of home, fractional the region they were antecedently allowed.

The authorities aboriginal announced that each of New South Wales would beryllium locked down from 5 p.m. until Aug. 22.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro tweeted that the stay-at-home orders were to minimize question and support determination communities from the evolving COVID-19 concern successful Sydney.

Berejiklian said a affirmative enactment was that fractional the New South Wales colonisation older than 16 had astatine slightest 1 vaccine dose.

“We cognize that the lockdown, coupled with a strong, targeted vaccination program. is what is going to get america retired of this dire situation,” Berejiklian said.

Police supported by the subject volition ace down connected Sydney residents who breach stay-at-home orders from Sunday night.

Sydney has been successful lockdown since June 26, 10 days aft the archetypal delta lawsuit was detected.

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MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:

— More U.S. cities requiring impervious of vaccination to spell places

— Biden admin backs Texas, Florida districts connected mask mandates

— Canada to require those traveling by aerial and bid to beryllium vaccinated

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— Find much AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey connected Friday issued a authorities of exigency arsenic authorities hospitals look a surge successful COVID-19 cases, an bid that came the aforesaid time the authorities tied a grounds debased for disposable intensive attraction portion beds.

Ivey issued a constricted authorities of exigency aimed astatine giving aesculapian providers flexibility connected staffing and capableness decisions and easier shipment of exigency instrumentality and supplies. The Republican politician stressed she would not beryllium issuing immoderate closure orders oregon disguise mandates.

”I privation to beryllium abundantly clear: determination volition beryllium perfectly nary statewide mandates, closures oregon the like. This authorities of exigency is strategically targeted astatine removing bureaucracy and cutting reddish portion wherever we tin to let our doctors, nurses and infirmary unit to dainty patients that travel done their doors,” Ivey said successful a statement.

The bid came arsenic aesculapian providers described a “tidal wave” of COVID-19 cases that is putting terrible accent connected Alabama hospitals. The authorities connected Friday tied the grounds debased for disposable intensive attraction portion beds with conscionable 39 vacant beds statewide, said Dr. Don Williamson, the erstwhile authorities wellness serviceman who present heads the Alabama Hospital Association.

“The strategy is dilatory becoming overwhelmed,” Williamson said.

Of the state’s 1,567 intensive attraction portion beds, 689 are filled with COVID-19 patients and conscionable 39 are empty.

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HONOLULU — A caller question of the coronavirus pandemic has Hawaii successful “crisis” mode, with the authorities signaling its highest azygous bump successful cases and hospitals putting unneurotic overflow plans, Gov. David Ige said.

Nearly 1,170 caller infections were reported Friday, helium said astatine a quality conference. That includes a tiny fig of cases from erstwhile days that were delayed due to the fact that of a method glitch, but inactive represents the largest azygous summation since the commencement of the pandemic.

“Friday the 13th has ne'er been truthful frightening. It is existent and it is terrifying,” Ige said. “And tragically, it’s preventable.”

The immense bulk of caller cases are among unvaccinated people, officials said.

“Our behaviour tin prevention us,” Ige said successful urging radical to get vaccinated and debar gatherings. “The actions we instrumentality each and each time tin marque a quality successful the conflict against COVID.”

Hawaii saw an mean of 729 caller cases implicit the past 3 days, Ige said. It has a colonisation of astir 1.5 cardinal people. The seven-day authorities positivity complaint is present 7.4%.

Ige said hospitals filling up and preparing for things to get worse.

“They are treating younger and younger people,” the politician said. “Yesterday, tragically, we reported a decease of a antheral successful his 30s.”

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon’s politician says she volition deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals astir the authorities to enactment healthcare workers arsenic the COVID-19 surges amid the accelerated dispersed of the Delta variant.

Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, says starting Aug. 20 she volition nonstop an archetypal 500 Guard members to service arsenic instrumentality runners successful hospitals and assistance with COVID-19 testing, among different things.

There are 733 radical hospitalized with the microorganism successful Oregon, including 185 successful intensive attraction units. Hospitals person warned they are adjacent capableness arsenic the authorities endures a 4th question of the outbreak.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Coronavirus patients are filling Utah hospitals beyond capacity.

Officials with the state’s largest wellness attraction strategy said Friday that intensive attraction units are astatine 102% capacity.

Intermountain Healthcare doctors accidental astir 90% of the hospitalized coronavirus patients are not vaccinated.

Infectious illness physicians accidental the surge driven by the highly contagious delta variant is particularly concerning arsenic the caller schoolhouse twelvemonth begins without a disguise mandate for children who cannot yet beryllium vaccinated. Officials interest astir schoolhouse outbreaks that could dispersed to kids’ families. The latest surge has besides taken a dense toll connected healthcare workers’ morale.

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NASHVILLE — The Tennessee governor’s bureau is pushing backmost connected COVID-19 vaccine misinformation that goes arsenic acold arsenic claiming cows are being vaccinated to inoculate unwitting radical who devour meat.

The disorder implicit an assortment of outlandish claims illustrates the hurdles that look a authorities successful the bottommost 10 for vaccination rates amid a microorganism resurgence stretching hospitals thin.

In an email Thursday to lawmakers, a apical lawman of Republican Gov. Bill Lee debunked “several conspiracy theories” astir a caller enforcement order. The email says immoderate components that are being astir often misinterpreted were included successful erstwhile enforcement orders during the pandemic. Lee’s bureau said lawmakers seeking accusation for constituents and constituents themselves person reached retired astir the claims.

The propulsion to debunk shows however prevalently misinformation is swirling among unvaccinated circles, adjacent arsenic hospitals of each sizes person begun moving retired of staffed beds. Vanderbilt University Medical Center said its big infirmary and exigency section are “completely full,” arsenic it is limiting elective procedures and declining transportation requests from galore hospitals. More than 90% of COVID-19 hospitalizations determination are unvaccinated people, portion vaccinated patients are besides severely immunocompromised, the infirmary said.

The rumors deemed “FALSE” successful the governor’s bureau email are that his enforcement bid creates “quarantine camps”; that the National Guard volition circular up unvaccinated radical and instrumentality them to locations to beryllium quarantined oregon vaccinated, oregon forcibly vaccinate them successful their homes; that the enforcement bid lays the groundwork for imperishable lockdowns; and that COVID-19 vaccines are being fixed to livestock to vaccinate radical done nutrient consumption.

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HONOLULU — Two visitors from U.S. mainland were arrested for allegedly utilizing fake vaccine cards to question to Hawaii.

Officials with the Hawaii lawyer general’s bureau arrested the visitors astatine Honolulu’s planetary airport, a spokesperson for the bureau said successful a statement.

Investigators said the 2 violated authorities rules requiring travelers to nutrient either a antagonistic coronavirus trial oregon impervious of vaccination to debar quarantine upon entering the state.

Violating the state’s COVID-19 mandates, including falsifying a vaccination card, is simply a misdemeanor that tin effect successful a good of up to $5,000, up to a twelvemonth successful situation oregon both.

The bureau said this is the archetypal clip it has arrested idiosyncratic for allegedly falsifying a vaccination card.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina wellness strategy is rescheduling surgeries and reassigning nurses aft 2 of its hospitals topped 100% capableness arsenic the delta variant spurred a caller question of coronavirus cases successful the state.

Tidelands Health says it's besides opening 2 impermanent clinics to dainty patients with COVID-19-like symptoms arsenic a mode to bring down exigency section volumes.

Elsewhere successful the state, hospitals are limiting visitors and full precocious schoolhouse shot teams are being quarantined arsenic schools recently reopened for the autumn semester grapple with outbreaks.

In Pickens County, schoolhouse committee members called an exigency league Friday aft 534 students and 28 unit members were quarantined 2 weeks into the schoolhouse year. Kershaw County School District, which besides began classes past week, quarantined 701 of its 11,033 students by Friday.

Coronavirus cases are soaring toward rates not seen since the tallness of the pandemic past winter, earlier vaccines became wide available. On Friday, wellness officials confirmed 3,585 caller cases and 15 deaths, and full regular lawsuit counts person risen supra 2,000 for the past 12 days.

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PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University says students volition soon nary longer beryllium capable to mention a “personal oregon philosophical” exemption to the school’s request that each who be get a COVID-19 vaccine.

The assemblage says those exemptions would beryllium nixed erstwhile the Food and Drug Administration grants afloat support to vaccines present allowed nether an exigency authorization.

It wasn’t instantly wide what effect the school’s caller argumentation would person connected shot manager Nick Rolovich, who has opted not to get a vaccine. “Discussions besides are underway astir changes to the module and unit vaccination policy,” the assemblage said.

The much strict vaccine requirements are being implemented due to the fact that of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which has caused spikes successful cases and hospitalizations passim Washington state. Classes statesman astatine WSU connected Aug. 23.

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