Florida’s governor claims one airport saw 52% of tested workers come back positive for coronavirus. Officials there say it’s just 0.4%.
. Ocean City’s postponement joins a growing list of events put on by Eastern Shore towns that have had to change their plans because of the pandemic. The event has been postponed, according to Ocean City’s website. In previous years, the town has had two fireworks displays that begin simultaneously near the Boardwalk on the southern end of town and farther north at Northside Park.
30. Schools closed in March and ended the academic year with online or other remote learning. The governor said schools may resume physical instruction during the fourth phase of her restart plan. All of the state is in that stage or, in northern Michigan, where COVID-19 cases and deaths are low, a step further along. School typically starts in late August or early September.
4. She cited a study by the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics that shows unemployment benefits, coupled with an extra $600 a week from the federal government, mean many workers nationally are getting more than they did while working. The study lists Missouri workers as getting on average 152% to 161% of their past wages in unemployment benefits. “We all know that a system that rewards individuals to be unemployed is unsustainable,” Hui said.
10 to 16, compared to 39 in the previous week. Five people remain hospitalized. Montana has reported a total of 23 new cases in the past two days. Eight were diagnosed in Custer County. Officials attributed the increase to reopening the state economy and increased testing. Gov. Steve Bullock and health officials have been stressing that the number of positive cases will likely increase further as the reopening continues.
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