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Columbus Firefighter Among State's COVID-19 Cases

State health officials say there are now 37 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ohio. 

Those include a Columbus firefighter who worked at Station 24 at Karl and Morse roads. The firefighter is in isolation at home and the station is closed for cleaning. The county with the most cases is Cuyahoga with 14, followed by Butler with six, then Belmont, Franklin, Lorain, Lucas, Medina, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Tuscarawas  who each have between one and three. Eighty-five other people have tested negative. More than 350 possible cases are under investigation. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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