By Josh Rultenberg Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Department of Health is issuing a simplified health order that streamlines previous orders into a single order. Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, said the goal is to underscore the most important things to be done in preventing further spread of COVID-19.
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Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department Health announced a new health order
The order consolidates older health orders
The order allows no capacity limits to outdoor events
DeWine said the new health orders being released Monday and Tuesday consolidate a number of orders that were previously implemented during the pandemic as far as wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands, and limiting large gatherings.
Ohio No Longer Reporting COVID-19 Deaths Daily - Across Ohio, OH - Health officials said they want to provide COVID-19 information quickly, but not at the price of accuracy.
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Ohio changes COVID-19 death reporting, will result in delayed but more accurate death count Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch
After failing to timely report more than 4,000 deaths, the Ohio Department of Health is moving to a different mortality reporting method beginning Tuesday that will take longer to disclose deaths, but be more accurate, officials say.
The state will rely solely on death-certificate reporting data to detect and report COVID-19 deaths, state health director Stephanie McCloud announced Tuesday ahead of a temporary reduction of the death toll among Ohioans by 596.
Since most death certificates are not filed with the state system until one to two weeks later, the virus fatalities reported by the state will not be as prompt as the near real-time system that tracks infectious diseases in Ohio, officials said.