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Five more COVID deaths reported in county

There were five more deaths attributed to COVID-19 among Warren County's numbers on Wednesday. That matches the second-highest single-day of reporting. There were multiple days in January when five deaths were reported. On Jan. 1, the Pennsylvania Department of Health added 10 to the county's death toll. There were just short of 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the county in November. The final day of statistics for the month was released Wednesday, with 32 new cases bringing the numbers to 999 for the month and 5,129 total.

COVID plus flu equals a hospital under stress

Warren General Hospital is under stress. In addition to elevated COVID admissions, flu season is starting, and there is already an unusually high number of non-COVID patients needing treatment. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has shown 14 hospitalized COVID patients in the county ...

Wolf says urging vaccine shots is his containment strategy

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf suggested Tuesday that he is not considering additional containment measures as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads overseas, but continued to urge people to get vaccinated. Wolf said there is no cause for panic, noting that no cases of the ...

County sees single-day record of new cases

After a quiet Thanksgiving weekend, Warren County's COVID numbers rebounded in a big way. There were six new cases reported for Thanksgiving Day, then nine Friday, one Saturday, and none on Sunday. The figures for Monday, released Tuesday, show 87 new cases, bringing the county's total to 5,097. A total of 87 represents the highest single-day increase, easily topping the 76 reported on Dec. 22. Another death was also added to the county's totals on Tuesday, bringing that number to 152.

Mask mandate for K-12 schools remains for now, justices rule

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania's K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place while the state Supreme Court considers the governor's appeal of a lawsuit that overturned the mandate, the high court ruled Tuesday. The justices in a 5-1 ...

Warren man sleeps outside to raise homelessness awareness

It’s one thing to know that homelessness is a problem in communities throughout the country — including locally — and raise awareness to the issue. It’s another thing entirely to raise that awareness by experiencing what homelessness can look like directly. Especially on a snowy, ...