TOKYO (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few spectators — if any — being allowed when they open in just over two weeks. Japan's Asahi newspaper, citing multiple unidentified government sources, said today the opening ceremony at the ...
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower today as oil prices surged after a meeting of oil producing nations was postponed, with little else guiding trading after the U.S. Independence Day holiday. France's CAC 40 dropped 0.5 percent in early trading to 6,534.23, while Germany's DAX ...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed today that his government plans to scrap laws requiring face masks and social distancing later this month, though he acknowledged that lifting the restrictions will drive surging coronavirus cases even higher. Johnson said legal ...
Of the 201 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Ohio Department of Health on Saturday, six of them came from the Mahoning Valley. Those 201 new cases, however are 61 cases below the 21-day average. On Friday, the state reported nearly three times that with 579 new cases, which is the most for a single day in nearly a month. The ODH reported the new total cases of COVID-19 to be 1,112,289 — a 1,743 case increase from last week. Death totals sit at 20,344, which is 63 more than last week. The ODH provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the Valley, the new cases ...
The state had 579 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday, the most for a single day in nearly a month. It was only a little less than the three previous days combined: 624 total from Monday to Wednesday. Thursday’s number was the highest for a day since June 4 when there were 621 cases, which also was the last day in Ohio that exceeded 500 new COVID-19 cases. That breaks a streak of 26 straight days with less than 500 new cases in the state. The 579 new cases Thursday was more than double the daily average of 278 for the past 21 days, according to the Ohio Department of ...
Mahoning County nursing homes and assisted-living facilities now have only seven COVID-19 cases, dropping from 12 last week as facilities correct their numbers and cases fall. One Boardman facility has listed the same three cases (one patient case, two staff cases) since early May, indicating that its numbers are apparently not up to date, county health officials have said. The three Boardman cases are among the seven listed on the Ohio Department of Health website this week. The only reason a facility would list the same cases for more than a week or two is that the facility has ...
