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Wed. 9:02 a.m.: WHO: Europe is only region with increasing COVID deaths

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose by 5 percent in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 mortality increased. The U.N. health agency said confirmed cases jumped 6 percent jump globally, driven by increases in the ...

Nov. is on pace for small decline

Ohio is on pace through the first half of November to see a small decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases for the entire month as compared to October. But after 15 days, November is averaging enough daily COVID-19 cases for it to have the sixth-highest amount for a month since the start of the pandemic. Ohio had 63,088 reported COVID-19 cases through the first half of the month. At that rate of nearly 4,206 per day, the state will end November with 126,176 cases. That would be about 5,000 fewer reported cases than the 131,355 cases reported in Ohio in October. October had the ...

Mon. 9:21 a.m.: India opens to vaccinated foreign tourists after 18 months

NEW DELHI (AP) — India began today allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise. Tourists entering India must be fully vaccinated, follow all COVID-19 ...

Mon. 8:34 a.m.: Austrian unvaccinated lockdown starts amid COVID resurgence

BERLIN (AP) — Austria took what its leader called the "dramatic" step today of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people who haven't recently had COVID-19, perhaps the most drastic of a string of measures being taken by European governments to get a massive regional ...

ODH director tempers optimism

While “real progress” has been made in combating COVID-19, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the Ohio Department of Health’s director, said cases in the state remain high. “Our optimism needs to be tempered by the fact that the numbers on the ground continue to tell us that we are most certainly not out of the woods yet,” he said Friday. The ODH reported an increase this week in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents to 410.5 from 354.3 last week. It was the first increase in cases per 100,000 in six weeks. Also, all 88 counties in the state are well higher than 100 cases per 100,000 ...

COVID-19 rates rise for first time in six weeks

Ohio saw an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the first time in six weeks. The 410.5 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Oct. 28 and Wednesday is up from 354.3 cases per 100,000 last week, according to Ohio Department of Health data provided Thursday. It’s an increase of 15.9 percent since last week. Two weeks ago, it was at 359.1 COVID-19 cases per 100,000, 419.2 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 three weeks ago, 507.4 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 four weeks ago and 560.5 cases per 100,000 five weeks ago. The state’s COVID-19 ...