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Mississippi gives virus info by age and site but not by race
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi State Department of Health has not released statistics showing the race of people testing positive or dying from the new coronavirus, but a top official says he thinks black residents have been disproportionately affected, as they have been in some other states....
Pandemic politics: Wisconsin voting underway despite virus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters lined up to cast ballots across Wisconsin on Tuesday, ignoring a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in the state's presidential primary election. The lines were particularly long in Milwaukee, the state's largest city and a Democratic stronghold, where...
The Latest: South Dakota reports 2 more coronavirus deaths
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak in South Dakota (all times local): 12:15 p.m. South Dakota health officials reported two new deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday, as well as 32 new confirmed cases. The total number of people who have tested positive rose to 320 in the...
Death toll up to 9 from outbreak at Tennessee nursing home
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine people have now died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Tennessee nursing home where more than 100 people tested positive, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday. Sumner Regional Medical Center spokesman Kyle Brogdon confirmed the new total of fatalities from the Gallatin Center for...
Paul recovered from coronavirus; volunteering at hospital
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that he has recovered from the coronavirus and has started volunteering at a hospital in his Kentucky hometown. The Republican lawmaker tested positive for the virus in March, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate. “I appreciate all...
Fargo-area leaders to unveil 'stay home' plan for COVID-19
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The leaders of the North Dakota's largest metropolitan area said Tuesday they are unveiling a plan that expands on Gov. Doug Burgum's efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement by Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney and West Fargo City Commission President Bernie Dardis came...
66 at South African hospital have coronavirus, mostly staff
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Sixty-six people at a single hospital in South Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past few days, the health minister said Tuesday, as anxiety rose among health workers over the shortage of protective gear. At least 48 of the people who tested positive at St....
No coronavirus samples, just coffee, spill in traffic crash
BOSTON (AP) — A car carrying samples to be tested for the coronavirus crashed Tuesday near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border, but liquid found at the scene turned out to be coffee, not the samples themselves, state police said. Responders were initially concerned the samples may have spilled when...
Global stock rally zooms into Day 2 on hopes for virus peak
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are climbing on Wall Street Tuesday as markets around the world pile on even more gains following their huge rally a day earlier. The S&P 500 was up 2.5% in early afternoon trading, tacking onto its 7% surge Monday following encouraging signs that the coronavirus pandemic may be...
More than 500 test positive for virus, shipyard worker dies
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A civilian worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard died from complications associated with COVID-19, the Navy said. The employee, who died on Sunday, was assigned to Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Planning and Procurement Activity at the shipyard in Kittery, the Navy said. "We...
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