Covid Wracked Ohio Valley News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

FROM STAFF REPORTS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Through Thursday, The Times Leader presents Eastern Ohio’s Top 10 news stories of 2020, as voted on by the editorial staff.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE As COVID-19 expanded its reach into the United States, Belmont County was the first in the local area to be struck in March by the virus that has since sickened more than 8,000 people in Eastern Ohio.
The pandemic made its way into the region by infecting a local couple who had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference. But it wasn’t long before the illness began to creep in from all directions, with health department officials pointing to our interstate highways as an easy means of transmission. ....

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