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COVID-19

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...