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Ohio health department will await rulings from the CDC involving death certificate information provided by the state, a process that routinely takes a month but often several months.
Ohio Department of Health moves to new system for COVID-19 death reporting
ODH announced it will move to a different system that is more accurate, but data release could be slower. Author: Clay Gordon Updated: 6:09 PM EST March 2, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Department of Health announced Tuesday a change in its death reporting system. Health Director Stephanie McCloud says the department will be transitioning from the Ohio Disease Reporting System (ODRS) to the ‘gold standard’ Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS).
This is partly in response to the February 10 report that about 4,275 COVID-19 deaths in Ohio were initially underreported in the ODRS. McCloud says the other part is to upgrade an outdated system that was originally slated to be updated at the beginning of the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic: One year later
From the health perspective, what have we learned? What were the silver linings and what will impact us for years to come? Author: Monica Robins Updated: 7:16 PM EST February 23, 2021
CLEVELAND It’s almost hard to imagine what life was like before the pandemic, but it has only been a year since COVID-19 completely changed our world.
Pandemic planning 101. Clear, concise, accurate information. How quickly this became an info-demic when government, politics and infectious disease experts clashed with mixed messaging. Those in public health made plans and evolved them as new threats arose, but no one took control from the top down, no one explained basic science from the start and kept consistent messaging. Too quickly conspiracy theorists and myths took hold of social media.
State: Clinton County at 59 COVID-related deaths since pandemic began; Ohio says ODH restructuring since discovery of around 4,000 unreported deaths statewide
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COLUMBUS Clinton County has had a total of 59 coronavirus-related deaths, according to the State of Ohio’s updated totals as of Friday. This represents 18 deaths since the total of 41 reported as of Jan. 5 just over five weeks ago.
The state now shows the county with a total of 3,270 cases since the pandemic started, including 152 hospitalizations. Statewide, the Ohio Department of Health reports 934,742 overall cases including 15,136 deaths.
The Associated Press reported Friday that Ohio’s Health Department is restructuring its infectious disease division following the discovery of as many as 4,000 unreported COVID-19 deaths and will investigate how the error happened, the state health director said Thursday.