Ohio Club Shut Down by Officials for Violating Covid-19 Guidelines at Trey Songz Show
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A nightclub in Ohio has received a restraining order from the Department of Public Safety following complaints after a jam-packed indoor show featuring Trey Songz. Dec 10, 2020
Trey Songz staged a show for more than 500 people there over the weekend.
Plain clothed officials from the state s Department of Public Safety reported hundreds of unmasked fans inside the Aftermath club, ignoring social distancing guidelines on Saturday night (05Dec20). Agents arrived at 9.30pm and observed egregious violations of health orders as approximately 500 people inside attended a concert, a statement obtained by CNN reads. The dance floor and stage area, as well as the bar and table sections were crowded with patrons. Patrons were congregated throughout the premises with no attempts to maintain social distancing and no physical barriers in place.
Shoppers leave Walmart in Ashtabula Township, Ohio, in the early morning on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
(CN) Despite the glimmer of hope offered by the impending arrival of a vaccine, Ohio’s Covid-19 infection and death numbers continue to escalate after the Thanksgiving holiday, with more than 10,000 new cases reported on Wednesday alone.
The state has recorded an average of more than 7,000 new daily infections since Nov. 1, along with an average of 65 deaths per day over the last three weeks.
According to the Ohio Department of Health’s Covid-19 data tracker, 7,298 Ohioans have died from the respiratory virus to date, with over 50% of those deaths among people over the age of 80. Each of the 88 counties in the state has at least one confirmed Covid-19 death.