Ohio Covid News By County. State reports 8,921 new cases in the last 24 hours. 769 residents are isolated, 835 have recovered, and 16 are hospitalized.
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Reports of nurse shortages and higher rates of hospitalizations are plaguing certain areas of the state.
“the ongoing high prevalence of the virus throughout ohio, as reflected in today’s alert system update, is very dangerous as we move into the holidays,” said gov. 15 noting ohio and other states are red hot with spikes of cases, gov. Mike dewine has cracked down on mask wearing in retail stores and imposed an overnight curfew on ohioans in hope of reducing the spread of the deadly virus. Belmont county deputy health director robert sproul.