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No new COVID-19 deaths, 143 new cases, seven hospitalizations Thursday

CONCORD – On Thursday, March 31, 2022, DHHS announced 143 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Wednesday, March 30. Today’s results include 109 people who tested positive by PCR test and 34 who tested positive by antigen test. Test results for previous days are still being processed ...

Murphy tests positive for COVID-19, will isolate for 5 days

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tested positive for COVID-19 and will isolate for the next five days, his office said Thursday. Murphy took a rapid antigen test Thursday afternoon and then a PCR test, both of which came back positive, spokesperson Mahen Gunaratna said. ...

New California law extends eviction ban for some renters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of Californians facing eviction on Friday for not paying their rent will get to stay in their homes for at least another three months after Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis signed a law to extend protections just hours before they were scheduled to ...

South Korea eases distancing amid slowing omicron spread

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will ease some of its pandemic restrictions starting next week as officials express cautious hope the worst of its omicron outbreak has passed. The limit on private social gatherings will be raised from eight to 10 people starting Monday, while ...

China manufacturing weakens as anti-virus controls tighten

BEIJING (AP) — China's manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March after most of Shanghai and two other industrial centers were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, a survey showed Thursday. The monthly purchasing managers' index of the Chinese statistics agency and an ...

Pandemic propels Walgreens in 2Q but impact expected to fade

A surge in demand for COVID-19 tests and vaccines helped Walgreens deliver a better second quarter than Wall Street expected. But that boost from the ongoing pandemic isn't expected to last, and the drugstore chain stuck to a 2022 outlook issued earlier. Company leaders also told analysts ...