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Ohio kids’ COVID-19 cases overtake other age groups
Ohioans 19 and younger are now driving the state’s COVID-19 pandemic, comprising a larger share of cases than any other age group. Roughly one in three people who have contracted COVID-19 this month are 18 or younger, according to an analysis of state data. Those aged 20-29 are the next most prevalent cohort, comprising 16% […]
Ohio cities revive mask mandates as new state law stops health departments
First the Mount Vernon City School District opted against requiring masks for students. Then Gambier, a small village of 2,400, mandated masks indoors in town — where one of the district’s elementary schools happens to exist. Finally, the sheriff said neither he nor his deputies would enforce the law. It’s August 2021 and the mask […]
New state law blocks Ohio’s largest city from mask mandate, official says
Amid a COVID-19 surge in Ohio’s most populous county, health officials wanted to once again require the use of face masks indoors to slow the spread of COVID-19. Unlike July 2020, however, this time they hit a wall. State legislation that took effect earlier this summer forbids health departments from issuing blanket health mandates among […]
In Ohio, COVID-19 on the rise: ‘We think the delta variant is the dominant one’
With fewer than 1 in 2 Ohioans vaccinated, public health data shows COVID-19 is once again ascendant in Ohio as immunizations slow and a hyper-transmissible variant proliferates. More than 700 Ohioans are hospitalized as of Monday with COVID-19 — a far cry from hellacious peaks above 5,000 from last winter, but a 163% increase over […]
DeWine channels vaccines to colleges, workplaces to speed up rollout
Ohio will surge doses into college campuses and private workplaces as an effort to speed up the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday. Starting next week, the goal is to provide mostly Johnson & Johnson vaccines to any Ohio college student who wants one, DeWine said. Unlike the two other available vaccines from […]
Limited testing clouds view of COVID-19 variants in Ohio
Public health officials are racing to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 faster than new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus can proliferate. Limited visibility into how many of which variant is circulating in Ohio is clouding visibility into who’s winning the race. The Ohio Department of Health sends either its first 17 coronavirus samples collected in […]