Yesterday, DeWine said he spoke with Vice President Mike Pence, who told DeWine to warn Ohioans to be very careful heading into the Labor Day weekend.
“What we do will determine the fall,” DeWine said. “It’s not so much where we go- it’s what we do and how we do it. It’s how we act when we’re with family and friends, it’s the precautions we take.”
During Thursday’s press conference DeWine released the new Public Health Advisory System map. Butler, Montgomery, Mercer, and Preble counties are at Level 3 Red. Champaign County moved down to Level 1 Yellow.
Things you need to know today, Friday:
- Ohio testing sewage for COVID-19 as ‘early warning’ system
- The City of Dayton is encouraging people to shop at local small businesses, as part of an initiative started after another difficult time in the city. Since the middle of August, the city has been featuring small businesses on its Facebook page for its initiative, Shop Local Dayton.
- DeWine: ‘We don’t want to wait’ with planning for eventual coronavirus vaccine
- ‘The most expensive thing...is an empty table;’ Alcohol sale restrictions forces restaurant to cut hours
- Back to School: Local high schools implement new fan restriction guidelines
- Coronavirus: ‘Out on Fifth’ events in Dayton’s Oregon District begin Friday night
- Coronavirus: DeWine announces health order for schools to report COVID-19 cases
LATEST STATE DATA: As of Friday afternoon, there have been at least 128,444 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,248 deaths, and 13,731 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health. 107,083 people are presumed to have recovered from the virus in the state.
Of the state’s cases, 21,361 are presumed to still be active.
Ohio has an estimated population of approximately 11.7 million, census records show.
[ Local cases, deaths reported to Ohio Department of Health ]
There have been 2,342,906 people tested for the coronavirus in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
A total of 14,100 health care workers have tested positive which is about 11 percent of the cases.
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