BOSTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surge around the country, a majority of Americans say they support mask mandates for students and teachers in K-12 schools, according to a new poll, but their views are sharply divided along political lines. About 6 in 10 Americans say students and teachers ...
Data from the Ohio Department of Health shows the state recorded some 75 COVID-19 related deaths in the last week, while daily cases stayed above 3,000. The ODH reported 3,452 new cases Saturday, the 18th consecutive day of more than 1,000 cases and sixth over the last nine days with more than 3,000 reported. As of Friday, Ohio listed 20,689 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020. In the last week, Mahoning County recorded two deaths, while Trumbull County added one. As of Saturday, 17,530 cases were reported in Trumbull County, with 1,303 hospitalizations and 494 deaths. ...
Trumbull County area school districts, like much of the nation, are divided on whether to require students and educators to wear masks inside their buildings. The majority of Trumbull school districts are allowing students and parents to decide whether they should wear masks inside. Some districts, however, such as Liberty, recently told its parents they will require all people to wear masks inside the buildings — except when students and employees are eating. When they’re outdoors and can maintain safe, social distancing of 3 to 6 feet, they will not be required to wear masks, ...
Ohio reported 3,783 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, which was the most for a single day since 4,140 were reported on Feb. 1. Friday was the 18th consecutive day in which Ohio exceeded 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases. That includes 11 that had more than 2,000 cases with five of them exceeding 3,000 reported cases. Those five days of more than 3,000 new cases occurred in the past eight days, including Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Data from the Ohio Department of Health shows Trumbull and Mahoning counties have high hospitalization and death rates compared with other counties that ...
WARREN — Back-to-school time always is stressful, but as students begin another unorthodox school year, they also may face heightened anxiety or depression. “I think there’s a heightened anxiety for some kids who weren’t around a lot of people for some time,” said Lauren Thorp, ...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio has increased by nearly 10 times the amount from about a month ago with no signs of letting up. The state was at 259.2 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Aug. 5 and Wednesday, according to statistics provided Thursday by the Ohio Department of Health. That didn’t include the 3,446 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday, which was the most for a single day since 3,549 were reported Feb. 6. The ODH reported the state was at 27 cases per 100,000 people on July 15. This week’s number shows the rapid increase in COVID-19 ...
