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VIRUS
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deaths also rose for the week by 25, to 1,387. Still, the sharp drop in case numbers brought the recovery rate in Tu- lare County up to 98.2 percent (101,339 recov- ered).
After a brief uptick, overall case numbers grew at a slow pace again in Tulare County cities. Dinuba contin- ued to hold the largest number of overall cases; 8,057 since the pandem- ic began two years ago. But the city had an in- crease of just nine cases for the week, a good sign for a region that had been a hot spot during high case spikes.
Orosi cases increased by just six for the week, and Cutler's case load was even lighter with two additional cases. A recent upturn in Traver appears to have wanted, as no new cases were re- ported for the week.
In Fresno County, an update in 30-day case incidence percentages showed promising num-
PREPS
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March 29.
Dinuba baseball showed signs
of heating up as the pre-league season wound down; winning three straight games. The Em- perors edged Lemoore High, 5-4, in their Central Valley Diamond Classic finale on March 12, then posted home wins over Tulare Union (12-0 on March 16) and Coalinga (15-1 on March 18) at Washington Intermediate School.
Dinuba and Immanuel will square off at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at Washington; first, the Emperors play at Selma while the Eagles host Exeter on Friday, March 25. Immanuel dropped a pair of non-league road decisions to Minarets (5-2 on March 15) and Edison (6-2 on March 18).
Sanger had just one game last week, dropping an 8-6 non-league decision at Clovis East High. Af- ter the home CMAC opener with Madera, the Apaches travel to San Joaquin Memorial (Thurs- day, March 24, 3:30 p.m.) and then Madera South (Saturdaym March 26, 11 a.m.). That's followed by a Tuesday, March 29, 3:30 p.m. home game against Bullard.
Dinuba softball had a strong
Orosi receives
new cell tower
from AT&T
TIGERS
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March 15, losing the opener 5 3 before coming back to win the nightcap 9-2.
In the second game,
Brandon Guido
Dinuba High
Baseball
Brandon Guido went 5 for 7 at the plate two doubles, five runs scored and four stolen bases as the Emperors won three games last week. The senior infielder
is the team's leadoff hitter, and was one of the team captains as a receiver for Dinuba High's 8-5
football team this past fall.
bers. A good deal of the the east county region, including former hot spots, dropped below the 30-day incidence level to be reported. Only northeast Reedley was still above the minimum level, at 32 per 10,000. Parlier was at 27 per 10,000 (down from 81 in the previous update), while southwest Orange
Cove's region dropped to 35 from 80.
Sanger still had two regions that were in low incidence rates; south- west was at 32 (down from 74) while the north- west area of the city continued to drop and was at 25. The only city showing numbers higher than 50 were Selma (a high of 60) and west of
Fowler (73 per 10K). Pretty much all in- door mask mandates have been lifted in Cali- fornia, with the excep- tion of travel-restric- tions Until late next month, masks continue to be required on domes- tic air travel to ground type transportation in- cluding buses and sub-
ways.
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Contributed
Orosi is one of four small California com- munities that are get- ting a big boost in wire- less connectivity from AT&T.
The organization's customer and FirstNet subscribers in the Tu- lare County city – along wth Big Meadows, Bur- ney, Huron in Kings County and Marysville — will receive the ben- efits of new cell towers placed in these loca- tions. This is designed to enhance the area's 4G coverage and help give residents and first responders faster, more reliable wireless service.
In a March 21 news release, AT&T said their subscribers will experience marked im- provement with their network as well as on FirstNet – the nation's public safety network. Subscribers will have access to always-ohm 23-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data.
AT&T also an- nounced that the en- hancements bring Band 14 spectrum to
the area. Band 14 is na- tionwide, high-quality spectrum set aside by the government specif- ically for FirstNet. The company views Band 14 as public safety’s VIP lane. In an emer- gency, this band – or lane – can be cleared and locked only for FirstNet subscribers. When not in use by FirstNet subscribers, AT&T customers can enjoy Band 14’s added coverage and capacity.
The improvements are designed to help AT&T wireless cus- tomers in Orosi and the other rural com- munities an improved overall coverage ex- perience. Residents, visitors, and businesses can take advantage of the AT&T spectrum bands, as well as Band 14 when capacity is available.
From 2018 to 2020, AT&T invested more than $8.5 billion in its wireless and wired networks in Califor- nia. These investments were designed to boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall per- formance for residents and their businesses.
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As of the Tuesday, March 22 update, there were 229,374 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 2,573,780 tests in Fresno County, with 2,707 deaths and 109 people hospitalized (12 in ICU).
and 20 deaths. Del Rey was at an updated 482 cases (1,287 in region) while the Fowler region had 1,726 cases (1,700 in the community) and a continued 32 deaths through March 22. Squaw Valley (231 cases), Dunlap and Miramonte continued with a total case number of 590.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through March 22, the Reedley region still has the most overall positive cases with 9,744 (an updated 5,600 in the city proper), and an increase to 95 deaths in data on the Fresno County Department of Public Health website.
In Tulare County, there were 103,232 confirmed cases (506 active, a decline of 346 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,387 deaths and 31 people hospitalized (4 in ICU) as of Tuesday, March 22. The breakdowns by cities/regions show 8,057 total cases in Dinuba, 2,763 in Orosi, 1,397 in Cutler, 526 in Traver, 211 in the rural area south of Reedley and 58 in the area southeast of Orange Cove.
Through March 22 with no recent region updates, Sanger (including immediate adjacent rural areas) still show 9,556 cases (the figure includes 7,500 in the city) and 91 deaths; Parlier stood at 3,800 cases (3,815 region) with 52 deaths and Orange Cove had 2,300 (3,694 regional) cases
A total of 101,339 people (98.2 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of Tuesday, March 22.
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Reedley High pitcher Will Gagnon, firing a pitch to the plate against Dinuba on Feb. 11, was tagged with his second loss of the sesson on March 15 when Fresno High scored a 9-1 victory at RHS varsity ballpark. The setback snapped a four-game win streak for Reedley (8-2).
3-1 showing at the Javier Bejar Swing into Spring tournament at Reedley High on March 11-12, then added a 3-2 non-league home win over Fowler.
Immanuel will host Dinuba at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, af- ter posting a 2-2 record at the Sierra Tournament.Wins came against Mendota and Corcoran.
Sanger softball scored wins over Templeton and Merced at the Central High tournament in Fresno. Sophomore Alyssa Mar- tinez belted a pair of home runs while Layla Torres picked up the
pitching win in the Apaches' win over Templeton. Leah Estrada belted a solo homer while fresh- man Amber Estrada pitched a two-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Merced.
BOYS TENNIS Apache blank two CMAC foes
Sanger High won its opening County Metro boys tennis match- es by 9-0 scores against Madera High and San Joaquin Memorial. The Apaches (7-4) have won sev- en of their last eight dual match- es after a rugged early season schedule.
Annabelle Buchanan, Si- enna Esquivel, Jordynn Acevedo, and Ava Tre- vino all had two hits in the game.
Winning picture Makaylah Johnson scat- tered six hits to record
her second victory of the season..
On March 20, Reed- ley traveled to Stock- ton to face San Joaquin
Delta in a non-confer- ence doubleheader. The Tigers drop two games, losing by scores of 3-0 and 9-1.
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