COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Health will, on Friday and for the next several days, report an artificially high COVID-19 case count caused by a processing lag due to the unprecedented number of cases reported. A processing enhancement was implemented late Thursday to expand the state’s capacity to process a higher volume of lab […]
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Omicron variant detected in Ohio
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Health has reported that the first two cases of the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant have been confirmed in Ohio following genomic sequencing by The Ohio State University Laboratory. “We have known that it would only be a matter of time until a case of Omicron was detected in Ohio. The […]
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Johnson & Johnson vaccinations can resume in Ohio
COLUMBUS — Following the recommendation from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization (ACIP) Friday night that the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine resume in the U.S., Governor Mike DeWine has released the following statement: “Our country’s vaccine safety system has worked as designed – these extremely rare, serious blood-clotting events were reported into the […]
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18 hospitalized with COVID-19 this week in Richland County
MANSFIELD – The Richland Public Health Department has released this week’s updated data from the Ohio Department o health. The U.S. and Global data is from Johns Hopkins. Richland County has 8,281 confirmed positive pandemic cases with 2,736 probable cases for a total of 11,017 cumulative cases. There have been 598 hospitalizations with 18 current […]