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Parents unmask anger over mandate

CORTLAND — Parents in the Lakeview Local School District said they want to have the choice of whether their children wear masks at school. More than 60 parents and community members gathered Sunday afternoon at Pearl Park to inform Lakeview school administrators and the board of education ...

New virus cases stay above 1,000 for 13th straight day

The Ohio Department of Health on Sunday reported 1,977 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 1,159,759 cases. It was the 13th straight day new cases exceeded 1,000. Seven out of the past 13 days saw case numbers eclipse 2,000, with Sunday coming just shy of being No. 8. Case numbers again are higher than the 21-day average of 1,793, officials said. The state also reported 40 hospitalizations, bringing that total to 63,233. Deaths statewide sit at 20,614 deaths. State officials reported vaccination rates in Ohio are up to 50.64 percent for people of all ...

Mon. 9:39 a.m.: Australia’s worst day of pandemic sees restrictions tighten

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's most populous state today reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478 new infections and seven COVID-19 deaths as pandemic restrictions tightened in other parts of the country. The previous record daily tally in New South Wales was 466 new cases ...

Mon. 9:23 a.m.: Japan extends, expands coronavirus emergency as cases surge

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept. 12 rather than finishing at the end of this month as initially planned, the government decided today With the virus continuing to spread in the country, the state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and ...

Trumbull sees surge

Trumbull County nursing homes and assisted-living facilities now have 10 total COVID-19 cases compared to just two for Mahoning County, as another Trumbull facility saw a spike in cases this week. The Clearview Suites assisted-living facility in Champion had six patient cases this week and one staff case. It had one staff case and no patient cases last week.But two other Trumbull County facilities with a surge in cases last week dropped off or nearly dropped off the list this week. The Gillette Nursing home in Warren has no current cases this week after a two-week surge that included ...

Worst stretch in 6 months

COVID-19 case numbers in Ohio have increased by nearly eight times the amount from four weeks ago as the state is going through its worst stretch in more than six months. The state was at 194.2 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between July 29 and Wednesday, according to statistics provided Thursday by the Ohio Department of Health. Ohio was at 27 cases per 100,000 residents four weeks ago. Last week, it was at 125.1 cases per 100,000. Ohio was at 77.4 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 two weeks ago and at 45.8 cases three weeks ago. The delta variant among the ...