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31 new COVID cases reported in Warren

There were 31 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Warren County on Wednesday. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there have been 3,480 cases in the county. Of those, 2,728 are confirmed and 752 are probable. The department has published information about cases in children. According to that information, there were 26 cases among school-age children between Sept. 22 and 28. There were six positive cases among children up to 5 years old. Since Aug. 16, there have been 125 cases among school-age children and 18 among those under 5, according to the department. According to ...

District to require masks in wake of federal judge order

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against the Warren County School District that halts the district’s procedure that effectively made masks optional in school. “Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, October 6th, mask exceptions will not be permitted as a means for not ...

31 new COVID cases reported in Warren

There were 31 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Warren County on Wednesday. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there have been 3,480 cases in the county. Of those, 2,728 are confirmed and 752 are probable. The department has published information about cases in children. According to that information, there were 26 cases among school-age children between Sept. 22 and 28. There were six positive cases among children up to 5 years old. Since Aug. 16, there have been 125 cases among school-age children and 18 among those under 5, according to the department. According ...

September sees third highest total in COVID cases

There were 535 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Warren County in September. That is the third highest monthly total so far, trailing only December 2020 (1,171) and January 2021 (547). As of the Oct. 1 report (reflecting Sept. 30 data) from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there had been 3,370 cases in the county. Of those, 2,687 are confirmed and 737 probable. There were also nine new deaths added to the pandemic toll in September, bringing that total to 116. So far in October, there have been 54 new cases, including nine in Monday’s report. There have been 8,736.7 cases ...

New death, 25 COVID cases reported in Warren County

Another death and 25 new cases of COVID-19 were added to Warren County's totals on Tuesday. The 117th death of a county resident due to the pandemic was announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health among Tuesday's statistics. There have now been 3,449 total cases — 2,710 confirmed and 739 probable — in the county. The number of vaccinated people in the county inched up on Tuesday — from 15,212 to 15,223 fully vaccinated residents and from 2,414 to 2,416 partially covered. Residents continue to be tested at an elevated rate, with 648 tests in the past week, according ...

Legislation has been introduced in the state Assembly that would allow children age 14 and older to decide for themselves if they want childhood vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine. Introduced by Sen. Amanda Cappelletti, D-Delaware/Montgomery, Senate Bill 856 was referred to the Senate ...