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Nursing home, prison virus cases near zero

The number of cases of COVID-19 appear to have dropped to nearly zero at nursing homes, long-term care facilities and prisons across the Mahoning Valley. The one Youngstown nursing home that had a high number of cases last week (13 patient cases and one staff case) now has just two patient cases. Data reported by the Ohio Department of Health for many other facilities showing low numbers of cases appear not to have been updated since last week — but are assumed still to be low. Only a couple of cases were reported in Trumbull and Columbiana counties. One new death associated with ...

Fri. 9:10 a.m.: Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police began arresting protesters this morning in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country's COVID-19 restrictions. Officers, some carrying automatic weapons and wearing tactical unit ...

Ohio’s COVID cases experience major drop

Ohio had nearly a 50 percent decline in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in one week. It was the third straight week of declines after 11 consecutive weeks of increases. This week saw a 49.3 percent drop from last week and a 329 percent decline from two weeks ago. There were 481 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Jan. 27 and Wednesday compared to 949.5 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the Ohio Department of Health. The last time COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohioans was this low was Nov. 11, 2021, at 410.5. “The ...

Virus cases drop at state prisons

The number of COVID-19 cases among Ohio prisons dropped dramatically in the past two weeks. Last week and the week before, 256 active COVID-19 infections wre reported among staff at Ohio prisons, but the number is down to 17 this week. The number of inmate cases last week and the week before was 246, but that number is down to 33 this week. COVID-19 cases at the three area prisons also were low this week. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown had just two inmate cases, the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown had one staff case and one inmate case, and Trumbull ...

UPDATE: Ontario declares an emergency over truck blockades in Canada

TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's premier declared a state of emergency today in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and said he will urgently enact laws to crack down on those who interfere with the free flow of goods and people. Since Monday, scores of drivers ...