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*1,542 people have died, 6 more than yesterday’s total *5,935 people have been hospitalized, 9 more than yesterday’s total *1,054,882 people have been tested, 1,595 more than yesterday’s total ONE WEEK AGO: Last Saturday, those numbers were 98,504/1,526/5,853/1,039,969. STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here. WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 157.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 3,278,000 people have died; U.S. deaths exceed 576,000. Most cases: U.S., India, Brazil, France, Turkey (same as...

Rite Aid vaccination clinic opens at Cal Poly KSBY and last updated 2021-04-29 22:01:56-04 Rite Aid is hosting a vaccination clinic on the Cal Poly campus starting Thursday, April 29. The clinic will serve students, faculty, staff and local community members 16 years and older. The clinic is located in Room 220 on the second floor of the University Union, building 65. First-dose appointments can be scheduled starting April, 29, second-dose appointments can be scheduled starting May 20. Weekend ...

Holy Moly. This is just great news. I mean tomorrow the news could be different like were all being introduced to the alien family thats been keeping tabs on us since the pandemic hit! Surprise! Do you remember when all of a sudden there was a ton of information coming out about pilots seeing unexplained objects flying with them? Or confirmed UFOs from the very top. There was going to be that whole raid on Area 51. The running with the hands flat back thing seems like ages ago but it was just l...

Icepack | March 11-18 You want to know why I know that this is the first truly “nice” (and I mean weather, not any brand of overt civility) week in Philly, beyond local newscasters saluting the warmth and the sunshine repeatedly? Because I came into this week hammered over the head, NOT with reports of local, COVID-concerned teachers frightened of their sticky, disease-ridden classrooms (I have visions of mask-less students swarming Purell wipes-toting instructors like the black & white, 19...

87% of Philly Rite Aid COVID Vaccine Doses Given to Whites, Only 4% to Blacks: Data Shows On 3/6/21 at 10:32 AM EST Philadelphia – which has a population that is 40 percent Black and where non-Hispanic whites make up just one-third of residents – has been overwhelmingly vaccinating white residents over others, according to new city data. The trend is most stark within Rite Aids distribution, which has so far given nearly 87 percent of its doses to white people. The pharmacy chain is the sec...

The pharmacy chain turned away eligible city residents under 75 despite qualifying health conditions, but accepted those with suburban addresses.

PASSAIC — City firefighters, EMTs and workers at St. Marys Hospital took part Monday in what some are calling a national COVID Memorial Day.  Not yet official, the first Monday in March would become "COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day" under a bill introduced by Rep. Greg Stanton, an Arizona Democrat.  "This week, Americans mourned half a million lives lost to the coronavirus — half a million family members, friends, neighbors and coworkers,” Stanton said in a news release abo...

New Jersey educators welcomed the news on Monday that they will finally be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting March 15, a move that Gov. Phil Murphy said should put all schools on track for reopening by the fall.  Educators and unions have clamored for the vaccines, with some saying they were reluctant to return to classrooms until they get them. Currently, about one-third of public school students are in all-remote districts, Murphy said Monday. "As we continue to work toward seeing all...

CHASE BOTTORF For The Express CHASE BOTTORF/THE EXPRESS Tom Smith, left, and his son Clint stand on the ramp to the rear entrance of the Valley Hotel. MILL HALL — Like most restauranteurs, Tom Smith had to come up with a new business plan in the face of COVID-19 restrictions. And he did. Smith’s Valley Hotel in Mill Hall was closed for two months in 2020 as the pandemic hit. There was basically no money coming in. So he adapted. He put in a drive-up window for take-out food and beverages a...

Two months since Michigan administered the first shot, the pace of vaccines is accelerating, but frustrations remain. Here are some strategies to ensure seniors can get a shot.