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07/16/2020

2020-07-16 OH Gov. DeWine COVID-19 Update

Thursday, July 16

66540

Confirmed Cases

70601

Total Cases (CDC)

1290

New Cases

9324

Number of Hospitalizations

2280

ICU Admissions

2849

Confirmed Deaths

3103

Total Deaths (CDC)

Wednesday, July 15

65287

Confirmed Cases

69311

Total Cases (CDC)

1316

New Cases

9209

Number of Hospitalizations

2259

ICU Admissions

2819

Confirmed Deaths

3075

Total Deaths (CDC)

Tuesday, July 14

64013

Confirmed Cases

67995

Total Cases (CDC)

1142

New Cases

9049

Number of Hospitalizations

2223

ICU Admissions

2813

Confirmed Deaths

3069

Total Deaths (CDC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated daily at 2 p.m. - https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/ 

 

New orders/actions

 

 

The state updated the Alert Level Map – with several counties being added to Level 3, with no counties moving to Level 4 this week.  Ohio Public Health Advisory System

 

 

Trumbull County dropped down to Level 2/orange.  The new Level 3/red counties will be subject to the mask order beginning tomorrow night at 6:00 pm ET.  With these 19 counties, approximately 60% of the state’s population will be under the mandatory mask order.  The Governor was encouraged that Hamilton County’s numbers appear to be slowing down.  Hamilton, Butler and Cuyahoga all were removed from the starred status.

 

In response to questions about what happens should a county be moved into Level 4/purple, the Governor did not say what, if any, measures the state or a local health department would take if that happens.  Governor DeWine had no response to what conditions would prompt him to take action.  He instead focused on the fact that the system is meant to inform people of the risk level in their county.  He and the Lt. Governor continued to insist that people need to take personal responsibility for their actions and to make good decisions to prevent spread, again noting that current hot spot Florida’s numbers were similar to Ohio’s current figures just one month ago.  That being said, the Governor stressed that he will do whatever it takes to keep the people of Ohio safe, but said the better pathway is for people to take the warning the alert system provides and act accordingly. 

 

Dr. Andrew Thomas, Chief Clinical Officer, OSU Wexner Medical Center, joined the press conference today to discuss the public alert system.  He stated that the system is designed as an early warning – to show people where infection is getting worse and to allow residents to take action to curb that spread.  Dr. Thomas again went through what the 7 data points measure.  As a reminder, the 7 indicators are:

 

 

Like the Governor did last night, Dr. Thomas urged all Ohioans to wear a mask.  He noted in particular that all counties in Ohio are under at least Level 1/yellow alert because the disease is moving in all counties and everyone must take steps to protect themselves. 

 

Lt. Governor Husted announced  that the Ohio Development Services Agency has awarded $20 million in grants through the Retooling and Reshoring Grant Program to manufacturers looking to produce PPE in Ohio. Sixty-eight (68) companies received grants of up to $500,000.  The grants will help create 829 new jobs, retain more than 130,000 existing jobs, with more than half of the grants going to small businesses.  The grants should help build the PPE supply chain in the state to make sure we do not have shortages again.  Lt. Governor Husted also said that to date JobsOhio has distributed over 40 million units of PPE around the state.  Next week, JobsOhio will join with their 6 regional partners to distribute PPE kits (masks, hand sanitizer, etc.) to businesses around the state. 

 

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Other items of note

 

 

Ohio COVID-19 Data Curves

 

The following are graphic representations of reported cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths using Ohio Department of Health data and expanded CDC definitions.

 

 

Thursday – 1,084,732 tested – 9.30% of the population – 26,133 additional tests

 

Note: For an archive of all COVID-19 related First Alerts from Calfee, which are separate from these emails and focused on specific business topics, please visit the Calfee COVID-19 Resource Center: https://www.calfee.com/covid-19-resource-center

 

 

 

 

 

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