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NEWYORKPoweroutagespersist
as heat wavemovesinAnotherheatwavewas rolling
intothe NewYork tri-state region
Sundayasmore than300,
residentsand businesseswaited
for electricitytoreturn after last
week’stropicalstorm.
Therace to restore fuel for
desperately neededair
conditioners,refrigerators and
electronicdevicesas another
workweekapproached was in full
swingundersunnyskiesas
thousandsof powercompany
workers triedto restoreenergy
beforetemperatureslurch
toward90 degreesMonday.
Thepowerrestoration was
mademoreurgent by the
coronaviruspandemic,whichhas
turnedhomesintoworkplaces
for many.
Utilitycompaniessaidthey
weretryingto repairdamageleft
behindby TropicalStormIsaias,
whichtemporarilywipedout
powerto morethan2.5 million
customersin NewYork, New
Jerseyand Connecticut.
By Sunday, hundredsof
thousandsof residentsand
businesses remained without
power,althoughutilitiessaid
crews had restoredpowerto
most.EversourceConnecticut saidit
had restoredservice to 741,
customersand expected
90 percentof its clientsto have
powerby Sundayevening.But its
onlinemapof communities
showedthatmostcommunities
wouldnot be fullyrestoreduntil
MondayorTuesday.
It saidabout160,0 00
customersamongits 1.3million
customerbaseremained without
service.
About45,000customersof
several utilities in NewJersey
remainedwithout power Sunday.
ConEdisonsaidnearlyall of
its NewYork Citycustomerswill
be restoredby the end of Sunday,
whilesomein Westchester
Countywillnot be fixed until
Monday.
About300,000ConEdison
customerslostpowerin the
stormin NewYork Cityand its
northernsuburbs,and the
companysaid 65,000awaited
repairsSunday.
—Associated PressNORTHCAROLINAEarthquakerattles
muchof SoutheastAn 5.1-magnitudeearthquake
reported in NorthCarolina shook
muchof the Southeastearly
Sunday.Thequakeoccurredat
8:07a.m.,withan epicenterin
Sparta, N.C. —near the Virginia
border,and justnorth of Stone
MountainState Park —according
to the U.S. GeologicalSociety.But
thequake’seffects extended into
muchof the Southeast.
It was the second-strongest
quaketooccur in NorthCarolina
since1900,accordingtothe
NationalWeather Service —the
strongestbeinga5.2 reported
nearSkylandin the Asheville
areain 1916.
In NorthCarolina,the quake
was felt as far away as the Raleigh
area,the News &Observer
reported. In theCharlotte area,
therewerewidespreadreports of
shaking,McClatchyNews
reported. Peoplenearthe
epicenterreported feeling
“strongshaking”fromthe quake.
Sparta is about170 milesfrom
Raleighand about100 miles
fromCharlotte.
Shakingextendedthrough
westernNorthCarolinaand into
Tennessee.Parts of Virginiawere
alsorattled by the quake, the
USGS says. There was also
shakingreported in Kentucky.
Many in the Midlandsregion
of SouthCarolinaalsoreported
feelingthe quake, the State
reported.
Theearthquakewas alsofelt in
someareasof Georgia,aUSGSmapshows.
More than6,000peoplein
seven states reported feelingthe
quaketothe National
Earthquake InformationCenter
in Colorado,RandyBaldwin,a
geophysicistwiththe center,told
the News &Observer.
—Associated PressGEORGIATeensarrestedafter
policeshootat carTwoteenageboys were
arrested on gun charges and
othercountsafter aGeorgia
policeofficer attemptingatraffic
stop fired multiplegunshotsat
theircar,accordingtopolice.
TheGeorgia Bureauof
Investigationhas openedan
investigationof the incident
Saturdaymorningin Waycross
nearthe Georgia-Floridastate
line.Twoboys, ages 16 and 15,
werein the car whenaWaycross
policeofficer approaching from
the frontopenedfire, sayingthe
vehiclehad begundrivingtoward
him,the GBI said.
Nobodywas hurtbythe
gunfire. Beforethe shooting
started, threeyounger children—
ages 14,12and 9—ran from the
vehicle,the GBI saidin anews
releaseSaturday.
—Associated PressDIGESTSAMUELCORUM/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK
PeoplewaitnearaD.C.firestationlastweek forcoronavirus testing,which in some places is delivering results toolatetobeuseful.economic falloutafter negotia-
tionsover athird reliefpackage
draggedonwith scantsignsof
progress. TopcongressionalDem-
ocratscriticized theexecutive ac-
tions as weakandunworkable,
while Trumpadministrationoffi-
cials defendedthe president’s
moves andsaidtheywereneces-
sarybecauseDemocratswouldn’t
compromise on abroad package.
Since the virusappeared onU.S.
soilinmid-January,the country
has hit milestoneafter milestone,
throwingthe magnitude of the
crisisintosharper relief. TheUnit-
ed States tallied its millionthcase
on April 28 after amonth of soar-
ing infections anddeathsmainly
concentrated in the Northeast.
Casesreached2milliononJune11,
3milliononJuly 8, and4million
on July 23, accordingtoThe Post’s
tracking.
Those numbersremain alikely
undercountofthe trueinfection
total,whichwould include the
roughly40percent of viruscarri-
ers whohealthofficials think are
asymptomatic. Testing acrossthe
countryremains tooslowand too
limitedtoserveasareliablemeans
for trackingand preventing the
virus’sspread,withpatientsin
manyparts of the countrywaiting
aweek or moreto receive results.
“It’sunacceptablefor the coun-
trytohavetestingcomeback aweekoreventwo weekslater,”
TomInglesby,directorofthe
JohnsHopkins CenterforHealth
Security, saidonNBC’s “Meetthe
Press”onSunday.“It’s notusefulat
thatpoint.”
Testingproblems were espe-
ciallypronounced in Kansas City,
Mo., where patientsare facing 14-
daydelaysamidasharp riseinthe
city’s cases.Asked in an interview
withCBS News’s“Face the Nation”
whatthe cityneeded to fixthe
backlog, Mayor QuintonLucas re-
sponded: “Money.”
“Weneed more resources to get
moretesting, to getfaster testing
through,”the Democratic mayor
said. “That’sthe biggest challenge,
and we’regoing to continue to see
thisspreadunlesswe getmore
testingefficientlyfor people. So I
think money, asolution outof
Washington, is keyfor notjust
minebut all Americancities.”
Since Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
receivedafalse positive testresult
lastweek,healthexpertshave
worriedthat theerror couldinflu-
encepeople whoare inclinedto
doubt the pandemic’s severity.
DeWine,aRepublican,addressed
those fears SundayonCNN’s
“State of the Union,” sayingrapid
antigen tests likethe onethat
yieldedthe false resultshouldbe
usedonlyfor screening.
DeWine,who has sincetestedBYDEREKHAWKINS,
MARISAIATI
ANDJACQUELINEDUPREEThenumberofreported novel
coronavirus casesin the United
States surpassed5million on Sun-
day, double thenumber since the
end of June, as the Midwestgrap-
pledwithnew spikes andstates
across the South andtheWest
foughttocontain surges.
The5millionmarkcomesjust
17 days after the U.S. totalexceed-
ed4million, accordingto The
WashingtonPost’s tracking.The
previousmillioncases werealso
reported in about atwo-week
span.
ReportedU.S.caseshavedou-
bledsince late June, peakingon
July 17 with astaggering76,
cases in asingle day. TheUnited
States leads theworld with aquar-
ter of all globalinfections. Brazil
andIndia follow,with 3million
and 2.1millionreported infec-
tions, respectively.
Theinfections milestone was
yetanother signthatvirus cases
have continued to multiplyasthe
UnitedStatescollectively fails to
contain the spread.Disparate
parts of the countryhaverespond-
ed to the pandemicdifferently,
with some regions maintaining
strict social distancingrulesand
other areastrying to carryout a
slightlymodifiedversion of busi-
nessasusual.
Among those forwhomthe
pandemicisfar fromnormalare
about30million unemployed
Americans,whohavebeengoing
without enhanced federal unem-
ploymentbenefits that expired
July 31.
Democratsand White House
officialssparredSundayoverPres-
identTrump’sexecutiveactions
seekingto address the pandemic’snegativetwice, saidthe more com-
monly used polymerasechain re-
action(PCR) testsare more reli-
able andshouldbetrusted. He
added thatOhio willcontinue
movingforward withits partner-
shipwithsix other states to get
access to additional antigentests.
“The antigen tests are fairly
new, andthe companies thatare
comingout with them, quite
frankly,havethe burdenof show-
ing howgoodtheyare,”DeWine
said. “Could theybeused in some
situation? Yeah,theycouldbe, but
youhave to understandgoing in
thatyou couldget thefalseposi-
tives, like happened in my case, or
you couldget thefalse negative.”
Other partsofthe Midwestand
West have reportedalarming in-
creasesincasesinrecent days.
Weeklyaveragesfor newinfec-
tions wererising in Idaho,Illinois,
Indiana,Kansas andthe Dakotas,
accordingtoThe Post’s tracking.
Most of theNortheast, which
washit hard at thebeginning of
thepandemic, hasmanaged to
wranglethevirusintosubmission.
NewYorkGov.AndrewM.Cuomo
(D) reported Sundaythatthe state
loggedits lowestpositivityrateof
thepandemic:0.78 percent. Of
65,812testresultssubmittedtothe
stateSaturday,the governor said
515 werepositive.
Schools continued todebate
whethertobringstudentsbackfor
in-person instruction,switch to
remote learning or adoptahybrid
model. TheTrumpadministration
has pressuredschooldistricts to
reopenfivedaysaweek,sayingitis
criticalfor students’academicand
emotional well-being.Manydis-
tricts have disregarded thede-
mands, citing concerns about the
safety of students and staff.
Nationwide,daily coronavirus
deaths topped 1,000for afifth
straightdayonSaturday, with1,
reported. More than 159,000peo-
ple in the United Stateshavedied
of covid-19,the disease causedby
the coronavirus.
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