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POINT PLEASANT BORO – Recent COVID-19 cases compelled the Point Pleasant Boro School District to switch Memorial Middle School to all-remote this week.
In a letter to the district, Superintendent Vincent Smith said the district was notified that members of the Memorial Middle School community have tested positive for COVID-19.
The school administration and school nurse have contacted the Ocean County Health Department and families of the students involved to initiate contact tracing, he said.
Subscribe At this time, we are putting a pause on in-person learning at Memorial Middle School and will transition to full-time remote learning effective Dec. 21, 2020 through Dec. 23, 2020 to ensure the safety of our school community, he said.
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PITTSBURGH, PA The Allegheny County Health Department on Monday reported 1,412 confirmed and probable new coronavirus cases over the weekend. There have been 47,111 cases since the outbreak began in March, up from 45,699 reported on Saturday.
There were three new coronavirus deaths. The county death toll now stands at 780, up from 777 on Saturday.
The 1,155 confirmed cases came from 2,036 new tests - a positivity rate of 56 percent. For comparison purposes, the latest positivity rate for tests across Pennsylvania is 16 percent, state officials said.
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There have been 2,911 hospitalizations during the outbreak, up from 2783 on Saturday.
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With 16,203 cases in Westmoreland County, 7,577 in Butler County, 7,471 in Washington County and 7,206 in Beaver County, that brings the total number of cases to 85,568 when Allegheny County numbers are included. That s up from 83,142 on Saturday.
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In this op-ed, Virtua Health President and CEO Dennis Pullin discusses his role in building trust in the coronavirus as a Black leader. (Image via Shutterstock)
In the below op-ed, Virtua Health System President and CEO Dennis Pullin discusses his role in building trust in the coronavirus as a Black leader:
While health systems and their frontline teams have been braving the devastation of COVID-19 with caring hearts and dedicated skill, researchers around the globe have been working tirelessly to develop vaccines to combat the deadly virus that has stolen more than 1.5 million lives since the spring of this year.
UpdatedSun, Dec 20, 2020 at 3:22 pm ET
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MIDDLETOWN, NJ The free COVID testing Middletown offered over the weekend was so popular that the Township decided to extend it for one more final day, on Monday, Dec. 21.
The testing will be offered from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Middletown Train Station (unmetered parking lot off Middletown-Lincroft Road). This is completely free testing for Middletown residents, town employees, anyone who works in Middletown public schools or is a first responder (police, fire, EMT) with the town. It is drive-through.
The goal of the testing is to let people know if they have COVID or not before the Christmas holiday.
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An 8-year-old girl and her toddler brother fell into a frozen pond while sledding, and these New Jersey teens formed a chain to save them.
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As for the COVID-18 vaccine, Gov. Murphy says NJ didn t get what it expected. Here s what s going to happen as the US government apologizes.