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Coronavirus cases rise in Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C. as Canada reports 4 more deaths

coronavirus cases continue to rise, with more than 300 added on Thursday, bringing the country to more than 112,500 cases of COVID-19.More than 87 per cent of all cases are considered recovered while over 5,200 cases are active across Canada at the moment. Canada has conducted more than 4.2 million tests.The daily death toll remained low, with four deaths reported across the country — two in Alberta, one in British Columbia and one in Saskatchewan.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he’s throwing first pitch at Yankees game, says MLB setting positive example with reopening

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Coronavirus: Niagara Region wineries set to reopen to tourists

Ontario wine producers are hopeful as the Niagara Region enters stage three of the province’s reopening plan, visitors will return in droves. The industry, like so many others, has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Volusia County Schools will delay start of fall practices

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Schools announced the district will not start fall practices on July 27.School officials will continue to monitor the COVID-19 conditions and will make a decision later to begin fall practice.The district is working with the Volusia County Department of Health and state officials on a start date.Conditioning will continue to take place at the moment.Fall sports in Volusia County include: Any questions about a specific sport can contact their’s schools’s athletic director.

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Richy Werenski leads 3M Open; Dustin Johnson WDs after 78

BLAINE, Minn. – Richy Werenski made a short birdie putt on the par-5 18th for an 8-under 63 and the first-round lead Thursday in the 3M Open, while Dustin Johnson withdrew because of a back injury after a 78. The 24-year-old Werenski is winless in on the PGA Tour and ranked 248th in the world.

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If college football is played, will bowls be salvaged, too?

College football leaders are in the process of piecing together plans for a regular season during the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is possible to play, everyone anticipates there will be disruptions, added expenses and loads of stress just to get through it.So how motivated will schools be to tack on a postseason game after all that? Especially one that doesn't determine a national title?“You've got to think they'll be such a heightened sensitivity to adding another opportunity that doesn’t contribute to something else," Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said.

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Free COVID-19 testing site to be held at Lake Nona Middle School

ORLANDO, Fla. – Free coronavirus testing will be held at Lake Nona Middle School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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‘It was just a matter of time:’ Mayor confirms COVID-19 outbreak at Orange County Jail

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Dozens of inmates at the Orange County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Mayor Jerry Demings.The Orange County mayor confirmed the outbreak during a news conference on Thursday, saying 33 inmates had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.“You’ve heard me say this before that the Orange County Jail is a microcosm of Orange County at large,” Demings said. “Well, you know with law enforcement officers arresting people from the community and taking them to the jail, we knew that it was just a matter of time before we would have cases in our jail.”Demings said they received 529 new test results for inmates on Wednesday.

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Couple captures stellar engagement photos under comet NEOWISE

OLD FORGE, N.Y. - The stars seem to have aligned for one New York couple, as they were visited by the comet NEOWISE on their engagement night.John Nicotera was originally planning on proposing to his girlfriend Erica Pendrak during their summer trip to Oregon, according to Travel and Leisure. When the trip got canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Nicotera scrambled to make an alternative plan that would be equally as special.Little did he know that his plan B would be out of this world.The couple traveled to Old Forge, New York, where they could get a rare view of NEOWISE before it disappears from view on Thursday.

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Screening K-12 Students for Symptoms of COVID-19: Limitations and Considerations

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the “Prevent Transmission Among Employees” section of CDC’s Resuming Business Toolkitpdf icon.We learn more about COVID-19 every day, and as more information becomes available, CDC will continue to update and share information. As our knowledge and understanding of COVID-19 evolves, this guidance may change.

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Washington state bans indoor service at bars, restricts indoor dining

COVID-19 cases.“I care about businesses opening and people getting back to work, but public health and economic activity go hand in hand,” Inslee said.“Our suppression of this virus is not at the level it needs to be to continue allowing for more activity. If we let this virus get even more out of control, it will have devastating effects on our health and on our economy.”The rate of disease transmission has been increasing around the state with a spike in transmission among people in their 20s spreading into all age groups in Washington, he said.The changes mostly affect indoor activities where the risk of virus exposure could be highest, officials said.

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Coronavirus: Trump says some school districts may delay opening, but must prepare to open

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke more on the reopening of schools in the country even as COVID-19 cases continue to increase, saying that while some school districts in coronavirus hotspots “may need to delay reopening for a few weeks,” they should be “actively preparing” to reopen.

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Hamilton given coronavirus all-clear after St Mirren forced into lockdown following pre-season friendly

coronavirus after facing St Mirren in a friendly. The Buddies have gone into lockdown after seven coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19.

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Coranvirus: Teen starts petition urging Quebec to act faster to release distance-learning plan

coronavirus or outbreaks at specific schools, it will be mandatory to continue classes online.However, details of the government’s online learning plan, part of its emergency protocol, won’t be released until Sept. 15 — more than two weeks after most Quebec schools resume classes.“That doesn’t make sense,” Totera said.

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COVID-19: Edmonton to make masks mandatory in city-operated facilities, on public transit

Edmonton councillors to debate mandatory masks Thursday afternoon Interim city manager Adam Laughlin said the new regulation does not require bylaw changes (Level 2 below). Should city council move to make masks mandatory in all indoor spaces (Level 3) —beyond just city-operated facilities — city officials said they have started to draft a bylaw in order to move to the stricter regulations.“I think Level 2 is a perfectly reasonable approach right now,” said Dr.

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N.L. government, Inuit leaders agree to delay residential schools apology due to COVID-19

residential school survivors and their descendants.In a joint news release today, the province and the Nunatsiavut Government said COVID-19 public health measures make it impossible to safely accommodate the anticipated number of people interested in attending the public events.Premier Dwight Ball had been scheduled to travel to Nunatsiavut in March to deliver the apologies on behalf of the province, and when that event was cancelled, made plans to hold events in July.

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Alberta looking at evidence from around the world regarding masks and schools

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains some of the issues her team is looking at regarding masks in schools.

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Online learning plan: Montreal-area teen urges education ministry to act faster

The Education Ministry has given school boards until Sept.15 to come up with an alternate plan if a second wave of COVID-19 or outbreaks force school closures. But as Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, for one high schooler, that’s not soon enough.

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‘This needs to be a wakeup call’: Hinshaw issues warning to Albertans amid rising number of COVID-19 cases

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, spent much of her update on Thursday warning residents of the risk of COVID-19 amid rising case numbers.

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Just a few nations driving much of world's COVID-19 surge

The global surge in COVID-19 cases is mainly driven by intense transmission in a relatively few countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, with South Africa now among the five hardest-hit countries.

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Hinshaw says Alberta could inadvertently distract from other measures with mandatory masks

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains why the provincial government has not made masks mandatory in the province amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Real estate market in Ontario’s cottage country experiencing boom

The pandemic is leading to more people looking outside Toronto and the GTA for housing. Along with living farther away, COVID-19 is also developing interesting trends here in the city. Matthew Bingley reports.

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US hits 4 million COVID cases, again logs 1,000 new deaths

July continues to look like April for the United States, with the death toll for the novel coronavirus reaching more than 1,000 fatalities for the second day in a row as cases continue to surge across much of the South and Western parts of the country.

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More than 50% of parents in Seminole County and Orange County are still undecided about school options

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than half of the parents in Seminole County and Orange County have yet to chose on which options they want to send their students to school next month as that decision deadline looms. [RELATED: Everything you need to know about Orange County’s Back-To-School Plan][RELATED: Everything you need to know about Seminole County’s Back-To-School Plan]By Friday at noon, parents in Seminole County will have to chose between four options of learning for their kids next school year including face-to-face, Seminole Connect, Seminole Virtual County Schools and a hybrid of any of those options.

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Herald Of Hope food pantry provides much-needed groceries in West Orange County

ORLANDO, Fla. – As the sun begins to light the morning sky, dozens of cars are already in line at Orlando Metro West Church of the Nazarene.It will be hours before Candice Campbell, Herald Of Hope Food Pantry coordinator, gives the go-ahead to begin food distribution.“It’s a typical Saturday morning,” Campbell says as she organizes the placement of pallets, tents and folding tables. “The last few months have been hectic.”Campbell puts her day job as a banking software programmer on hold twice a month to run the pantry.

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Celebrities, athletes to revel with fans in MLB return with Zoom sing-along of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’

LOS ANGELES - While the COVID-19 pandemic may have forced people away from baseball stadiums, it certainly hasn’t taken away the spirit of the game as FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, local FOX anchors, all-star celebrities, MLB players, mascots and devoted fans of MLB teams gathered remotely to participate in one of the largest nationwide sing-alongs of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”“And now let’s all sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game,’ Zoom style,” actor and St.

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‘It’s not the right time’: Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Jacksonville, Florida in August, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.“To have a big convention is not the right time," Trump said during his revived daily coronavirus task force briefing from the White House. Convention events will still be held in North Carolina.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesTrump moved parts of the GOP convention to Florida last month amid a dispute with North Carolina’s Democratic leaders over holding an event indoors with maskless supporters.

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NIH details plan to increase number of daily COVID-19 tests in US to 6 million by December

LOS ANGELES - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled the details of a plan on Wednesday to increase daily COVID-19 testing quality and availability while addressing testing inequities for underserved communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus.First announced in April 2020, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program was discussed in a recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which said diagnostic testing capacity in the U.S. for June was between 520,000 and 823,000 tests.“Models that provide robust estimates of the number of tests needed per day vary widely.

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Philly coronavirus case numbers rising, mostly in younger people

also impact the opening of schools," Pennsylvania Health Commissioner Dr. Rachel Lavine said Thursday.CHECK: County-By-County Map Of Coronavirus casesAdvertisementIn the last 7 days, Delaware County has seen a steady uptick in COVID-19 cases topping out at nearly 8,100 infections on Wednesday.This week, Philadelphia is now averaging 139 cases per day, up from 110 cases per day during last week.

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Free coffee, donuts greet Hamilton’s waste collection workers

working tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to keep their city clean.Maureen Sauve, along with husband David and daughter Lauren, set up a drive-thru coffee trailer inside of Hamilton’s waste collection yard on Thursday morning.

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Coronavirus: ‘Increased transmission’ in Cut Knife, Hillsdale, Sask. say health officials

Saskatchewan Health Authority says there is a rising number of coronavirus infections in two rural municipalities.On Thursday, the SHA issued a public advisory for Cut Knife and Hillsdale saying there is “increased transmission” of COVID-19. Saskatchewan reports 16th death, 42 new coronavirus cases According to officials, there are four confirmed cases in the area, half of which are not linked to one another.Health authorities could not determine the source of two of the infections.Contact tracing remains underway in both municipalities, but medical health officer Dr.

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No plans for ‘heavy-handed’ mandatory mask policy, says B.C.’s top doctor

COVID-19, the province’s top doctor said Thursday.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry wouldn’t rule the idea out in a situation where B.C.

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Ontario nurse under investigation over anti-mask, conspiracy theory Facebook posts

controversial views reportedly expressed by a local nurse practitioner — now under investigation — as “the most extreme example I have seen in my own profession.”“I have never encountered something like this,” CEO Doris Grinspun told Global News on Thursday, in response to social media posts on accounts tied to nurse practitioner Kristal Pitter.“Thankfully, I don’t know of anyone else in nursing that has such extreme views.

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Coronavirus: Peterborough maintains no new cases for 33 straight day

coronavirus on Thursday, the 33rd consecutive day.The last reported new case of the virus was on June 20 in the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation. Stage 3 Ontario: Peterborough ‘ready’ for mask-wearing order, medical officer of health says Of the health unit’s 95 coronavirus cases, 93 have been resolved with two deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]As of Thursday’s update, more than 20,500 people have been tested for the virus.A weekday drive-thru testing clinic at the Kinsmen Civic Centre in Peterborough will continue weekly until further notice.

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Coronavirus: Niagara speedway shut down until further notice due to COVID-19 case

viral video that stunned YouTube viewers with scenes of large crowds and little social distancing, has been closed until further notice after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus.Director of marketing Joel Noden told Global News that the go-cart track was closed on Monday as Niagara public health did an inspection. They were notified of the COVID-19 case on Sunday.

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Occupancy numbers at all vacation, rental and resort properties in B.C. will soon be restricted

New vacation rental rules in B.C., as active COVID-19 cases top 300 “As with most of our orders the onus falls on the owner-operators to ensure that the restrictions are being followed,” Henry said.“We’ve seen the challenge is that people get together and then they have parties and they invite people over. So it will be restrictions on the numbers of people based on the size of the houseboat, or the boat, or the room, but also restrictions on visitors that will be in those rental properties as well.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province is still finalizing exactly what the maximum occupancy will be.

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Prince William and Kate's Royal Foundation awards £1.8million in Covid-19 grants

NHS heroes working on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis will be able to access specialist grief support thanks to a new charitable fund from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

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‘Significant’ COVID-19 outbreak reported at assisted living facility in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Health officials in Orange County are working to contain what they’re calling a “significant outbreak” of COVID-19 at an assisted living facility in Ocoee.Dr. Raul Pino, with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said during a news conference Thursday afternoon that 66 residents and 30 staff members at Ocoee Health Center have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.“I would like to let you know that we have a significant outbreak that we are following in an assisted living facility and we have some concerns,” Pino said.Pino said of the residents infected, 22 have been hospitalized for concerns related to the virus.Dr.

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Residents continue to rely on drive-thru food pantries months after being furloughed

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a massive need for food assistance in Central Florida. Food drives are regularly giving away tens of thousands of pounds of food in a day, including one Wednesday in Orange City, where cars lined up for miles.It was a similar scene in Osceola County, where Advance Senior Center and Second Harvest Food Bank hosted a drive-thru food pantry. Since mid-March, Second Harvest Food Bank has provided 22 million meals and a new study shows they are seeing nearly 50% more people in Central Florida who are hungry.Waiting doesn’t bother Millie Vasquez.

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Big league debuts to be made without family, friends on hand

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The moment that young right-hander Brady Singer steps onto the mound for the Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Cleveland will no doubt be surreal, the culmination of a lifelong dream hatched as a boy growing up in Florida and fostered by family and friends along the way.Too bad they won't get to see it in person.When the decision was made to play an abbreviated 60-game major league season without fans, it meant that anybody making their debut would do so without their support system there to enjoy it. Not mom and dad, who may have gotten them started in the game.

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Seven St Mirren staff return coronavirus positive as clubs ordered to return to twice weekly testing

coronavirus as clubs are ordered to return to twice-weekly testing. exclusively revealed on Thursday that the Paisley club had gone into lockdown after an outbreak of COVID-19.

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St Mirren confirm 'several' positive coronavirus tests among coaching staff as club moves to limit spread

coronavirus but players remain unaffected. exclusively revealed that the Paisley club had been placed into lockdown after testing returned a number of positive COVID-19 cases.

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St Johnstone's friendly off as St Mirren coaching staff test positive for COVID-19

Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.St Johnstone’s weekend friendly has been called off after it was confirmed opponents St Mirren returned several positive tests for COVID-19.Perth manager Callum Davidson was set to take his side through to Paisley as preparations for August’s Premiership kick-off entered their final stages.The match was due to take place on Saturday but St Mirren’s positive test results - all members of the coaching staff - resulted in the cancellation.Both the SFA and SPFL released a statement to provide confirmation.It read: “The Joint Response Group has been notified that St Mirren Football Club has today returned

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Trump to give coronavirus press briefing Thursday as US tops 4 million cases

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is scheduled to take the podium on Thursday for his revived daily coronavirus task force briefing as the U.S. faces a grim milestone of 4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and Congress continues to negotiate another aid package.The briefing is scheduled for 5 p.m.

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Coronavirus: Youth Opportunities Unlimited brings back training programs on downtown patio

patio to serve the community while providing youth with the opportunity to train and develop skills during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Steve Cordes, the executive director of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), spoke with 980 CFPL’s Jess Brady on The Afternoon Show Thursday.He says the YOU Made It Cafe, a training organization for youth, has opened its patio, which used to belong to GT.

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Chronic conditions put nearly half of US adults at risk for severe COVID-19

About 47% of US adults have an underlying condition strongly tied to severe COVID-19 illness, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found.

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COVID-19 Scan for Jul 23, 2020

A randomized controlled trial of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil found that the use of hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, did not improve clinical status at 15 days compared with standard care, researchers reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.The multicenter trial, conducted at 55 hospitals in Brazil, included 667 pat

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In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

Boris Johnson (l), Prime Minister of Great Britain, welcomes US President Donald Trump before the start of the working session of a NATO summit. WASHINGTON (AP) - The countries that top the rankings of COVID-19 deaths globally are not necessarily the poorest, the richest or even the most densely populated.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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