Coronavirus

A Republican state Senator and a doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting COVID-19 because of their hygiene is drawing new criticism after his appointment to lead the Senate Health Committee.

State health officials Sunday reported 5,247 new cases of COVID-19 and 65 new deaths.

Americans are being more careful to avoid catching and spreading the coronavirus but are still not being careful enough to slow the pandemic, especially with worrisome, apparently more contagious new variants looming.

That's the conclusion of the latest findings, released Friday, from the largest national survey tracking behavior during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ohio State University reports logging thousands of COVID-19 policy violations and issuing 446 formal reprimands during the fall semester.

State authorities have cited a Columbus bar for multiple health code and COVID-19 violations during Monday night's college football national championship game.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has vetoed another attempt to challenge the state's powers to issue public health orders during a pandemic.  

Twenty seven staffers at OSU East Hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Five states have been added to Ohio's COVID-19 Travel Advisory.

A spokesperson for Ohio Attorney General David Yost says the Republican has tested positive for COVID-19.

An Ohio death row inmate who survived an execution attempt died Monday, with COVID-19 as the suspected cause.

State health officials Monday reported 4,519 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 new deaths.

State health officals Sunday reported 5,857 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 new deaths.

The Ohio Departments of Aging and Health are mailing millions of masks to seniors.  

The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts.

The data contain a wealth of previously undisclosed information, including counties the federal government considers "hotspots," forecasts for whether virus cases are likely to increase at a local level, and information on cases, deaths and tests by metro area.

Another Ohio prison guard has died of COVID-19.  

Columbus and Franklin County health officials are extending their Stay-At-Home advisories. 

State health officials Wednesday reported 5,409 hundred new cases of COVID-19, but say that number may be low because of a technical issue with their website.  

A video posted on Youtube threatens the release of defaming information against Akron City Council member Tara Mosely-Samples unless she resigns and council backs away from capacity regulations on private groups.

Hilliard City Schools will return to a hybrid learning model today.