New Hampshire restaurants coronavirus, U.S. death toll tops 175,000

 New Hampshire restaurants coronavirus, U.S. death toll tops 175,000.

The U.S. reported more than 44,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, marking an 11% drop in the seven-day average of daily new cases compared with last week. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Thursday that cases will continue to fall as communities continue to practice public health guidelines to bring the virus under control. Across the country, though, universities and colleges are struggling to keep the coronavirus off campuses and are largely attributing outbreaks to students who aren’t complying with public health requirements.

Largest U.S. hospital owner accused in lawsuit of endangering staff

Health workers and their union sued the nation’s largest hospital chain, accusing an HCA Healthcare medical center of recklessly endangering staff and patients by violating federal coronavirus guidance on protective equipment.

The suit filed Thursday alleges that management at HCA’s Riverside Community Hospital in Southern California failed to provide workers with adequate protective equipment, such as masks and gowns, and pressured staff to ignore safety precautions to meet quotas. It says the hospital also failed to alert staff to possible Covid-19 exposures and pressured staff who had symptoms to return to work.

The case, filed in the Riverside County Superior Court, is the first against a national health-care company, according to the Service Employees International Union, which initiated the suit on behalf of its 97,000 members.

Dave Regan, president of the union’s California-based western chapter, said they decided to take action against HCA because they have been “particularly lax, and particularly sloppy and irresponsible” throughout the crisis. —Will Feuer


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