This is the first time in its history that the event has been canceled, according to Billy Harding, chairman of the Oktoberfest Committee.Phil Keren can be reached at 330-541-9421, pkeren@recordpub.com, or on Twitter at @keren_phil.Oktoberfest is one of three yearly festivals that typically occur downtown during the summer and early fall. But she said Case can control how many people are working in the plant at one time.The majority of the workers who tested positive are members of the Bhutanese community.The business makes polyurethane bags that companies use to package personal protective equipment (PPE) and is considered an essential business.A spokesperson for Newell Brands said there were three confirmed cases in the Mogadore Rubbermaid facility, adding that the well-being of employees "is unequivocally our number one priority. About this data: During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, The Weather Channel is providing this data as a service to our users. Skip to Article. This is the first time in its history that the event has been canceled, according to Billy Harding, chairman of the Oktoberfest Committee.Oktoberfest is one of three yearly festivals that typically occur downtown during the summer and early fall. There are things that you can do to protect yourself.Talk with a peer on the Cuyahoga County 24-Hour Warmline – 440-886-5950Images on this website - which are copyrighted - were used with permission of the copyright holder and are not in the public domain. All three, … It just depends on where that person was, the length of the exposure and if in fact they were using social distancing, wearing a mask, all of those precautions that we know work. All three of the cases are individuals in their 50s from Cuyahoga County. It will take about 24 to 48 hours for the health department to give people their results.Summit County Public Health is overseeing the testing at its offices at 1867 W. Market St. in Akron's Wallhaven neighborhood. Many are refugees who spent years in refugee camps in Nepal after fleeing Bhutan in the 1990s during a time of ethnic cleansing.Summit County Public Health Commissioner Donna Skoda said an outbreak is defined as two or more cases.Skoda said the testing is most effective at curbing the spread of the virus in the early stages of an outbreak, when there are only one or two cases.Some of the businesses employ members of the Akron area's Bhutanese community. All rights reserved.The company said it has taken proactive safety, cleaning and social distancing measures since the beginning of the outbreak, and it has beefed up those actionsThe 74-year-old GOJO, which makes a variety of soaps, sanitizers and disinfectants, invented Purell hand sanitizer, later selling the Purell consumer brand.\"Unlike companies making non-essential products, we do not have the ability to stop production,\" the company said in the statement. Organizers of the Riverfront Irish Festival in June and Festa Italiana in July previously announced the cancellation of their events due to COVID-19.