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Volume 15, Number 9
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Virus claims another sports casualty By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN — American Legion baseball players fell behind deep in the count last week.
The sun has set on the American League baseball season before it even rose. Connecticut, following the lead of the rest of the Northeast and much of the nation, officially canceled the 2020 season last week. Meriden Post 45 head coach Doug Wedge (left) is looking to fill the void with an independent league, possibly at Meriden’s Legion Field on Hanover Record-Journal file photo Road.
They aren’t necessarily down on strikes just yet, however. On Tuesday, May 12 the Connecticut State American Legion Baseball Committee, following the lead of the rest of New England and much of the country, announced the cancelation of the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Legion teams, however, are free to try to salvage something of the summer, be it in See Legion, A11
As testing increases, cases rise in nursing homes MERIDEN — Nursing homes in Meriden and surrounding towns continue to see increases in COVID19-infected patients, as the state ramps up testing at its hardest-hit facilities. The city reported 472 Meriden residents tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 8. By Thursday, May 14 that number had increased to 613. The
nursing homes,” Mayor Kevin number of cases reported in city nursing homes went from 91 to 187 in Scarpati wrote on his Facebook page while announcing the weekly totals. the same time period. Statewide, the number of COVID-19 patients went from 6,008 on May 7 to 6,947 patients as of May 14, with 1,487 deaths and 440 probable deaths, according to data compiled by the state Department of Public Health. “Approximately 30 percent of Meriden’s total cases have come from our
Meriden had one of the highest per capita infection rates in Connecticut for the week ending May 11, according to comparison data compiled by CTNewsJunkie.com. City officials attributed the per capita results to the increase in testing at nursing and assisted living facilities
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