Covid-19

COLUMBUS — Richland and Ashland counties were both “orange,” or level two, this week in the statewide Public Health Advisory System,  created in July to monitor COVID-19 spread. It’s the first time since Aug. 13 that Richland County was not rated as “yellow,” the best ranking in the four-tiered, color-coded system. Ashland County remains “orange” for […]

COLUMBUS — Richland County on Thursday remained “yellow,” or level one, for the fourth straight week in the state’s Public Health Advisory System, created in July to monitor COVID-19 spread. Ashland County was “orange,” or level two, moving above “yellow” for the first time since Gov. Mike DeWine launched the four-tiered evaluation system. Crawford and […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County has recorded its 18th death due to COVID-19, according to public health officials. The latest fatality was a 74-year-old White female who died on Aug. 31, according to Richland Public Health Commissioner Sarah Humphrey. The woman was not living in a congregate setting/care facility when she contracted the virus. She did […]

COLUMBUS — North central Ohio counties remained “yellow,” or level one, on Thursday in the state’s COVID-19 Public Health Advisory System. Richland, Ashland, Knox and Crawford counties all remained at the lowest level of the virus spread, Gov. Mike DeWine announced during a press conference. Richland Public Health reported Thursay 666 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners, again frustrated at a lack of communication from Gov. Mike DeWine regarding COVID-19, asked Thursday morning for the state to clearly state its goals for the pandemic. Commissioner Tony Vero cited statistics Wednesday from the Ohio Dept. of Health that showed there have been 117,684 total positive cases since COVID-19 […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County reported its 17th death related to COVID-19 on Thursday, the same day Gov. Mike DeWine announced the county remained “yellow,” or level one, in the Public Health Advisory System. Ashland, Crawford and Knox counties also remained level one in the system. The latest fatality was an an 88-year-old woman who died […]

MANSFIELD — Cars were lined up when the gates opened Saturday at the Richland County Fairgrounds for a free COVID-19 pop-up testing event. Richland Public Health, the Ohio National Guard and a variety of local agencies and organizations came together to offer the four-hour event, the first such local event since the pandemic began five months ago. […]

COLUMBUS — Richland County improved to “yellow,” or level one, in the state’s COVID-19 Public Health Advisory System, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday. Across north central Ohio, Ashland, Crawford and Knox counties remained “yellow” again this week. In the eighth-week of the color-coded system created to monitor the spread of coronavirus county-by-county, it’s the second […]