Gov. Mike DeWine during the state s coronavirus update on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
TOLEDO For most months of the pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine has opened his state briefings by listing sources of COVID-19 outbreaks.
He described summer weddings turned COVID-19 hotspots and singled out outbreaks at karaoke nights and on sports teams.
Ohio s COVID-19 cases are back on the rise, but the state s pandemic strategy has shifted to vaccinations, with far less emphasis on analysis of COVID-19 spread.
Trending in the other direction
The prospect of Ohio s post-pandemic reopening is slipping farther out of reach.
Gov. Mike DeWine promised the state could reopen when it reports 50 cases per 100,000 people over two weeks. Four weeks ago, that figure hovered around 135 per 100,000. This week, it rose to 200 cases per 100,000 four times the state goal.
Mahoning, SRMC update vaccine locations, doses
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Vaccine sites in Mahoning and Columbiana counties were updated Wednesday.
In response to the State of Ohio s advice that providers of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 halt distribution of the shots, Mahoning County Public Health announced that it has canceled all appointments set for Friday and Saturday at its mass vaccine site in Boardman.
The agency has held a vaccine site in the former Dillard s store at Southern Park Mall.
Officials say 525 appointments set for April 16-17 were canceled, and that they are working with the Ohio Department of Health to acquire Moderna or Pfizer doses to administer April 23-24.
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Heidi Lapmardo, RN at Trumbull Regional Medical Center, administers a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to TCTC student Amanda Chaners, 17, of Lordstown, Wednesday morning at a free community COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Packard Music Hall. The clinic, hosted by Trumbull Regional Medical Center in partnership with the Warren Health District and staffed by volunteers from Trumbull Regional and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, was prepared to administer1,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which is approved for use in those age 16 and above. Around 240 people were registered for the event, and walk-ins were welcome.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio has exceeded 2,000 at least seven times this month, after exceeding that number only four days in March.
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