Health system leaders around the state “sound the alarm” about the strain hospitals are already feeling during the COVID-19 surge; those same leaders say elective procedures will likely cease, overflow medical sites will likely not be
Ohio shatters single-day record for new COVID-19 cases with nearly 12,000 reported on Monday; health officials overseeing regional coronavirus hospitalization say the “cannot sound the alarm loudly enough” about what the surge will do
Ohio set new daily record of COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 8,808 cases tallied in the previous 24 hours; statewide 10 p.m. curfew was signed into effect on Thursday night, but experts question whether a curfew will have any effect; PUCO chairman
Franklin County becomes the first of Ohio’s 88 counties to be elevated to Level 4 – or purple – on the COVID-19 Public Health Advisory System; at least five major Ohio cities issue stay-at-home advisories as COVID-19 cases
Gov. Mike Dewine says his curfew order is an attempt to institute a slowdown in place of a lockdown, restaurant industry applauds the move; Dewine says number of hospitalizations has quadrupled, number of ICU admissions has tripled in the past
Gov. Mike Dewine announces a 10 p.m. to 5 p.m. curfew that will be put into place for three weeks, beginning on Thursday, to slow spread of COVID-19; Governor’s order is leading to new shortages of toilet paper, cleaning supplies, forcing
FBI executes search warrant believed to be tied to energy bill bribery scandal at the home of Ohio’s public utilities chairman; new health order limits gathering at banquets hall to slow the spread of COVID-19 as mass gatherings; Gov. Mike
Ohio sets startling record high of more-than 8,000 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, beating record of around 7,100 set just yesterday; Gov. Mike Dewine says about 15,000 front-line workers will be the first to receive Ohio’s first doses
More than three-quarters of Ohio’s 88 counties are at a Level 3 – or Red – on the Public Health Alert System and all of Ohio is considered high-incidence for transmission of the virus; Gov. Mike Dewine stops short of issuing new
Ohio tallies its second-highest record for new cases in a single day on the same day as a primetime address by Gov. Mike Dewine, aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19; hospitals and local governments alike say they are busy preparing to make
