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Originally published on January 18, 2021 12:36 pm
At the beginning of the year, few had heard of coronavirus. At the end of this year, it’s hard to avoid hearing mention of it. This year’s pandemic has cost many Ohioans their lives and livelihoods.
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Gov. Mike DeWine’s first major action in the fight against coronavirus was in March, when he issued a health order that virtually cancelled the popular Arnold Sports Festival from happening. He said bringing 200,000 people from 80 different countries into Ohio posed a unique health risk. Ohio was the first state to close K-12 schools. By mid-March, Ohio’s Health Director, Dr. Amy Acton, signed an order that basically shut down all non-essential business. On March 22, a Stay at Home order was issued for Ohioans, telling them not to go anywhere unless it was necessary.
Shoppers leave Walmart in Ashtabula Township, Ohio, in the early morning on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
(CN) Despite the glimmer of hope offered by the impending arrival of a vaccine, Ohio’s Covid-19 infection and death numbers continue to escalate after the Thanksgiving holiday, with more than 10,000 new cases reported on Wednesday alone.
The state has recorded an average of more than 7,000 new daily infections since Nov. 1, along with an average of 65 deaths per day over the last three weeks.
According to the Ohio Department of Health’s Covid-19 data tracker, 7,298 Ohioans have died from the respiratory virus to date, with over 50% of those deaths among people over the age of 80. Each of the 88 counties in the state has at least one confirmed Covid-19 death.