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The Kent State Field House will become a mass vaccination clinic for Portage County, accordi…
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COVID-19 cases across the U.S.
Alabama: 131
Alaska: 14
Arizona: 152 (including two deaths)
Arkansas: 165
California: 1,224 (including 26 deaths)
Colorado: 475 (including five deaths)
Connecticut: 223 (including five deaths)
Delaware: 47
District of Columbia: 98 (including one death)
Florida: 824 (including 12 deaths)
Georgia: 600 (including 23 deaths)
Guam: 14 (including one death)
Hawaii: 48 (state revised from 59)
Idaho: 42
Illinois: 1,049 (including nine deaths)
Indiana: 201 (including four deaths)
Iowa: 90
Kansas: 55 (including two deaths)
Kentucky: 99 (including three deaths)
Louisiana: 837 (including 20 deaths)
Maine: 89
Maryland: 244 (including three deaths)
Massachusetts: 525 (including one death)
Michigan: 1,035 (including eight deaths)
Minnesota: 137 (including one death)
Mississippi: 207 (including one death)
Missouri: 90 (including three deaths)
Montana: 27
Nebraska: 42
Nevada: 154 (including two deaths)
New Hampshire: 65
New Jersey: 1,914 (including 20 deaths)
New Mexico: 57
New York: 15,168 (including 114 deaths)
North Carolina: 255
North Dakota: 28
Ohio: 247 (including three deaths)
Oklahoma: 53 (including one death)
Oregon: 137 (including four deaths)
Pennsylvania: 479 (including two deaths)
Puerto Rico: 23
Rhode Island: 66
South Carolina: 173 (including three deaths)
South Dakota: 14 (including one death)
Tennessee: 505 (including one death)
Texas: 304 (including five deaths)
US Virgin Islands: 6
Utah: 136
Vermont: 52 (including two deaths)
Virginia: 219 (including three deaths)
Washington: 1,793 (including 94 deaths)
West Virginia: 12
Wisconsin: 281 (including four deaths)
Wyoming: 24
Alaska: 14
Arizona: 152 (including two deaths)
Arkansas: 165
California: 1,224 (including 26 deaths)
Colorado: 475 (including five deaths)
Connecticut: 223 (including five deaths)
Delaware: 47
District of Columbia: 98 (including one death)
Florida: 824 (including 12 deaths)
Georgia: 600 (including 23 deaths)
Guam: 14 (including one death)
Hawaii: 48 (state revised from 59)
Idaho: 42
Illinois: 1,049 (including nine deaths)
Indiana: 201 (including four deaths)
Iowa: 90
Kansas: 55 (including two deaths)
Kentucky: 99 (including three deaths)
Louisiana: 837 (including 20 deaths)
Maine: 89
Maryland: 244 (including three deaths)
Massachusetts: 525 (including one death)
Michigan: 1,035 (including eight deaths)
Minnesota: 137 (including one death)
Mississippi: 207 (including one death)
Missouri: 90 (including three deaths)
Montana: 27
Nebraska: 42
Nevada: 154 (including two deaths)
New Hampshire: 65
New Jersey: 1,914 (including 20 deaths)
New Mexico: 57
New York: 15,168 (including 114 deaths)
North Carolina: 255
North Dakota: 28
Ohio: 247 (including three deaths)
Oklahoma: 53 (including one death)
Oregon: 137 (including four deaths)
Pennsylvania: 479 (including two deaths)
Puerto Rico: 23
Rhode Island: 66
South Carolina: 173 (including three deaths)
South Dakota: 14 (including one death)
Tennessee: 505 (including one death)
Texas: 304 (including five deaths)
US Virgin Islands: 6
Utah: 136
Vermont: 52 (including two deaths)
Virginia: 219 (including three deaths)
Washington: 1,793 (including 94 deaths)
West Virginia: 12
Wisconsin: 281 (including four deaths)
Wyoming: 24
