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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Ohio on March 9, 2020, when the state's first cases were reported. The first death from COVID-19 in Ohio was reported on March 19. Subsequently, records supported by further testing showed that undetected cases had existed in Ohio since early January, with the first confirmed ...
- Early 2020: Ohio Shuts Down, Political Pressure Heats Up
- Summer 2020: Cases Steady, Ohioans Adjust to New Normal
- Fall/Winter 2020/2021: First Major Spike
- Spring/Summer 2021: Cases Dwindle, Vaccines Save Lives
- Summer/Fall 2021: Delta
- Late 2021-Present: Omicron
- Ohio’s Endemic Future
Wave: Jan. 2-June 8, 2020 Although Ohio announced its first COVID-19 casesin March, subsequent investigation by the Ohio Department of Health backdated Ohio’s earliest infections to Jan. 2. It was in March that Ohioans got their first taste of the next two years: health system stress from a deadly disease, closed businesses, virtual schooling, mask...
Slow period: June 9-Sept. 20, 2020 Summer brought Ohio a steady pace of COVID-19 infections, as daily onset cases hovered around 1,000 from late June to late September. Relatively low cases totals gave Ohioans room to adjust to life with COVID-19 as a concern. Treatments for the virus were improving, but vaccines were still months away. Among the h...
Wave: Sept. 21, 2020-March 9, 2021 Lower temperatures sent people indoors, lessened social distancing and spread the virus more easily. Cases started ticking up in late September at around 1,000 per day. They hit 2,000 by Oct. 12, then 3,000 on Oct. 23, and 4,000 on Oct. 28. Nov. 2 brought 6,000, then Ohio saw 9,000 cases per day a week later. And ...
Slow period: March 10-June 29, 2021 Vaccines rolled out to more and more people in the spring of last year, giving the most at-risk people and then all adults the ultimate way to protect themselves from the virus. New cases stayed around 1,000 and 2,000 per day, then they hit lows not seen since the pandemic’s earliest days. Cases dropped into the ...
Wave: June 30-Dec. 6, 2021 Cases started to tick up ever so slightly around Independence Day, driven by a new, more contagious variant called “delta.” First discovered in India, delta wreaked havoc in Ohio and the U.S. in the fall. Testing ramped up again, hospitals experienced a renewed level of stress, and deaths spiked. Local mask mandates came ...
Wave: Dec. 7, 2021 through present Delta’s destruction was short-lived, but not because it disappeared. Instead, it was replaced in December as Ohio’s dominant variant by the omicron variant, first detected in South Africa. Ohio State University scientistssequenced Ohio’s first omicron cases on Dec. 7. What followed was an intense spike in infectio...
Now in March, new cases in Ohio after the omicron wave have fallen near their lowest levels recorded. The state reported just 431 on Monday, for example, and just over 6,000 total last week. Infections haven’t been this low since July 2021. Columbus even lifted its mask mandate on Monday, as did Columbus City Schoolson Tuesday. This improvement is ...
- Ben Orner
COVID-19 facts to know. The top cause of death for those 65 and over between 2020 and 2021 was heart disease in 47 states and Washington, DC. The total number of workplace injuries and illnesses has remained steady over the past five years — but reports of respiratory illness rose in 2022. RSV rates — which tend to climb in the fall and ...
Mar 11, 2021 · When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Ohio hadn’t yet recovered from the Great Recession. A little more than 63% of Ohio adults were in the labor force, compared with nearly 68% in 2007, according to research institute Policy Matters Ohio. As the pandemic rolled on, more than 1 million Ohioans lost their jobs, surpassing job losses recorded in 2008.
Jun 17, 2021 · June 17, 2021. (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. END OF ORDERS. Today, Governor DeWine announced that the state emergency in Ohio caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted on Friday. He urged those who have not yet received the vaccine to find a ...
Jan 12, 2021 · January 12, 2021. (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. PHASE 1B TIMELINE. Governor DeWine today reemphasized the vaccine distribution timeline for Phase 1B of Ohio's vaccination program which is set to begin next week with those ...
