Ohio Dept of Health Director Stephanie McCloud
There’s a jump in the state’s latest numbers of people who have died from COVID-19. But there’s a reason for that.
The state’s coronavirus website shows 752 deaths since Tuesday, the last time the numbers updated. But Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud says 428 of those are Ohioans who died out of state.
“They are Ohioans who have listed their primary residence as Ohio but they’ve gone somewhere. We don’t know if it was short term, long term, could be snowbirds who have gone to Florida. We don’t know where they contracted the virus but they passed in another state, McCloud explains.
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Credit Ohio Department of Health
State health officials say the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID-19 have begin to decline this month, and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says that will be the benchmark for lifting the statewide curfew which has been in effect since mid-November.
295 people haave been hospitalized in the past 24-hours, 40 in intensive care units. While those numbers are a bit above the recent three week average, hospital discharges have begun to outweigh admissions. The number of Ohioans currently hospitalized has dipped below 3,000 for the first time in weeks. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says continuing to lower that number is the key to rolling back the statewide curfew.
Credit Ohio Department of Health
State health officials say the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID-19 have begun to decline this month, and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says that will be the benchmark for lifting the statewide curfew which has been in effect since mid-November.
295 people haave been hospitalized in the past 24-hours, 40 in intensive care units. While those numbers are a bit above the recent three week average, hospital discharges have begun to outweigh admissions. The number of Ohioans currently hospitalized has dipped below 3,000 for the first time in weeks. DeWine says continuing to lower that number is the key to rolling back the statewide curfew.
The next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to Ohio will fall well below how much is needed to immunize the next eligible group. The next shipment would only