Covid-19

MANSFIELD — It’s been approximately a year ago that the COVID-19 virus reached from China into Ohio, an infection that has raged through the state with 920,217 cases and 11,659 deaths. However, numbers from the Ohio Department of Health on Sunday indicate perhaps the worst has passed. Vaccines have increased, hospitalizations are declining and the […]

COLUMBUS — A statewide curfew could be lifted next Thursday if COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has announced. According to the Ohio Hospital Association, there were 2,252 residents in hospitals statewide on Thursday afternoon, down from a peak of 5,308 on Dec. 15. State hospitalizations have declined 17 percent in the […]

COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday he may ease the statewide COVID-19 curfew if hospitalizations linked to the virus continue to decline. The announcement could come as soon as Thursday, according to the governor. Ohio has been under a statewide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. since Nov. 19, a move that has […]

COLUMBUS — A statewide 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew due to COVID-19 will be extended beyond Saturday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday afternoon. DeWine said the curfew, which had been scheduled to end Saturday, must continue even though the state has experienced a recent declined in coronavirus numbers. “Unfortunately, it’s going to have to […]

MANSFIELD — COVID-19 numbers remained either relatively flat, or even trending down by some measurements, on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System on Thursday. Richland County met three of the state’s even indicators, one more than last week, though hospital admissions due to coronavirus declined in the county and also in the region. However, the […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County will receive a limited number of vaccines to begin Phase 1B of Ohio’s COVID-19 Vaccination plans starting the week of Jan. 18. In accordance with Governor Mike DeWine’s directive, only seniors age 80 and older will be eligible during this first week. Richland Public Health (555 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield) requires registration […]

MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield, which has been closed twice during the COVID-19 pandemic, is scheduled to re-open its Municipal Building to the general public, effective Jan. 25. The building, initially closed in March 2020 for several weeks, has been closed to the public since Dec. 1 when the number of coronavirus cases was […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County COVID-19 numbers in the state’s color-coded rating system continue to improve, though the county remained “red” on Thursday due to continued high incidence of the virus. For the second straight week, Richland County met two of the seven indicators in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System, a statewide measure launched in […]

MANSFIELD — The number of COVID-19 patients in Richland County hospitals declined sharply in the second half of December, according to Richland Public Health. However, hospitalizations also appear to be slightly on the rise in the first few days of 2021, said public health officials, who cautioned residents not to relax in their efforts to […]

MANSFIELD — The seeds that grew into the “miracle” behind today’s COVID-19 vaccines were actually planted more than three decades ago. And as the inoculations against the novel coronavirus are ramped up around the United States and the world, medical experts are assuring the public the new vaccines are safe and effective, based on improving […]