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August has highest virus case total since January

Ohio had more COVID-19 cases in just the last 15 days of August than the three previous months combined. Overall, 91,623 cases were reported last month. Of the 31 days in August, 15 of them had daily cases exceeding 3,000. There haven’t been that many days in a month with at least 3,000 ...

Cases continue to climb as August ends

COVID-19 cases are above 3,000 once more statewide. The Ohio Department of Health reported 3,091 new cases Monday, bringing the total up to 1,214,986. Since last week, the ODH has reported a staggering 31,225-case jump in seven days. Also since last week, death totals increased by 110, making the new total 20,799. The ODH usually reports new death totals on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the Mahoning Valley, 148 new cases were reported in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, bringing the totals to 24,237, 17,934 and 10,076, respectively. In Mahoning County, the new total is a ...

State adds nearly 4,000 COVID-19 cases

The Ohio Department of Health reported 3,963 new COVID-19 cases this weekend, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 1,211,895. The health department also reported 34 new hospitalizations, bringing that total to 65,349, Health officials also reported 6,055,514 Ohioans — ...

Mom memorialized

BAZETTA — Susan Lewis and her brothers, Pat and Phil Moore, had a lot of time to consider how they wanted to memorialize their mother, Charlotte Moore, at the time of her passing last December at age 82. She had a disease that caused brain bleeds starting six years ago. She spent more than ...

Virus-delayed funerals bring families solace

The work of a funeral director always has been about helping people get through the death of a loved one. But COVID-19 heaped additional burdens on family members, such as placing restrictions on how many people they could invite to their memorial services in order to keep everyone ...

Trumbull sees sharp rise in daily, weekly cases

Trumbull County showed the biggest increase in new COVID-19 cases Saturday within the three-county region. Trumbull added 68 cases to its tally, bringing the total to 17,847 since the pandemic started. That was double the number of new cases the county reported on Friday, and nearly double the 36 cases a week ago. For the week ending Aug. 21, Trumbull averaged 35 cases per day. For the week that ended Saturday, Trumbull averaged just over 45 cases per day. Trumbull mirrored the statewide numbers, which showed Ohio reporting 5,204 new cases of the coronavirus, about 350 more than ...