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Virus rate drops 7.5% in Ohio

After seven straight weeks of increases in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohioans, the number dropped 7.5 percent this week. But the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations remains at its highest level since late February. There were 1,313 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ohio as of Thursday, according to the Ohio Hospital Association. Since July 14, the daily total number of people in Ohio hospitals with COVID-19 has exceeded 1,000 after going more than four months below that. As the state exceeded 3 million total COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, cases per 100,000 ...

COVID rates increase 0.7 percent

Ohio saw an increase of less than 1 percent in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week. The number of total COVID-19 cases in the state decreased this week compared to last week, but the Ohio Department of Health uses a two-week period when determining cases per 100,000 residents. It was the sixth straight week that COVID-19 cases per 100,000 were up. But the increase was 0.7 percent compared to last week. Also, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state Thursday hit its highest mark since Feb. 22, according to the Ohio Hospital Association. Since July 14, the ...

Thu. 10:03 a.m.: Munich’s Oktoberfest finally back on after pandemic pause

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's annual Oktoberfest festival is finally on again for this fall, following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the famous Bavarian beer festival said today. "The Wiesn will take place," Clemens Baumgaertner told reporters in Munich using the ...

3 care facilities have virus spike

Two Trumbull County nursing homes and an assisted-living facility saw a spike in COVID-19 cases last week with the Laurie Ann Nursing home in Newton Falls rising to six patient cases and four staff cases; Liberty Arms Assisted Living in Liberty Township seeing a rise to six patient cases and three staff cases; and Liberty Health Care Center nursing home rising to three patient cases and four staff cases. It was an increase of two patient cases over last week for Laurie Ann Nursing Home, an increase of nine cases at Liberty Arms and an increase of four staff cases at Liberty Health Care ...

Ohio tops 1K hospitalizations

For the fifth straight week, the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 increased. In just the past three weeks, cases in Ohio have increased by 58 percent and have hit levels not seen since in more than five months. Also since July 14, the daily total number of people in Ohio hospitals with COVID-19 has exceeded 1,000 after going more than four months below that. There were 438.5 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the two-week period between July 14 and Wednesday compared to 391.4 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the Ohio Department of ...

Fri. 9:13 a.m.: US reaches deal with Moderna for omicron COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said this morning it has reached an agreement with Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the company's next generation of COVID-19 vaccine that targets the highly transmissible omicron variant, enough supply this winter for all who want the upgraded ...