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Yakima County’s COVID-19 total topped 4,000 cases Tuesday, just before a Yakima Health District directive saying county residents must wear masks in public took effect.The health district reported 4,057 cases Tuesday evening, a jump of 166 from Monday’s 3,891 case count. There was also one more death, bringing the county total to 91. This comes…

Officials reported 228 additional cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County Monday -- the fifth straight day of more than 200 new cases of the coronavirus in the county. The spike in cases comes after a stretch in which Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 197 cases or fewer for five days in a row.…

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Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said Thursday that he will stop enforcing the county’s shelter-in-place order on June 1 because he believes the past and current orders put “significant restrictions on our freedoms.” In a Facebook post, Essick said the county’s initial and subsequent health orders since the start of the coronavirus pandemic have been…

Los Angeles County officials are hoping to find out as early as Friday whether they’ll be allowed to reopen restaurants for in-person dining, along with barbershops and hair salons. The county submitted its variance application on Wednesday to the state, which decides if counties can reopen at an accelerated rate if they meet certain COVID-19…