Coronavirus Pandemic: What you need to know Wednesday

Officials and students at the University of Dayton and Miami University are working hard to stop the spread of the coronavirus, where the rising numbers of cases have put Montgomery and Butler counties on the state’s top-10 list of new cases.

Things you need to know today, Wednesday:

• Back to School: Central State begins year with staggered move-in schedule
• Ohio to receive 9 million face masks from FEMA
• The University of Dayton reported a “minimal” number of students withdrew at the deadline for a full tuition refund.
• Russia local schools suspends athletics, in-person learning for two weeks for some
• Springfield announces new pop-up testing site for Tuesday
• Oakwood HS student tests positive; tennis teammate to self-quarantine

LATEST STATE DATA: As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been at least 125,767 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,176 deaths, and 13,574 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health. 105,065 people are presumed to have recovered from the virus in the state.

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 2,286,138 people tested for the coronavirus in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

A total of 13,869 health care workers have tested positive which is about 11 percent of the cases.

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