DeWine Orders Face Coverings in The 7 Level 3 Emergency Counties

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Tuesday, in a a new effort to prevent the spread of COVI-19, Governor Mike DeWine issued an order for mandatory mask/face covering for Ohio’s seven counties which are listed as Level 3 the Ohio Public Health Advisory System grading system. 

The order goes into effect at 6pm Wednesday July 8th, 2020.

Those counties are Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Huron, Montgomery and Trumbull which include largely populated urban areas. Level 3 Emergency advises there’s a “Very high exposure and spread. Limit activities as much as possible.” Many mayors in these counties have already mandated face coverings in their cities, but DeWine says it expanding the order to the county borders of these affected areas will help slow the spread.

“If 75 to 80% of Ohioans will wear a mask, we’ll give this virus a big hit in the stomach… we’ll give it a good swat” said DeWine. “This is what’s required for Ohioans to stay safe… we’re working with local officials – we think this is going to help.”

Franklin County has had nearly 11,000 total cases and more than 1,100 hospitalizations. Just over 7,000 are presumed recovered while 431 have died. Between Cuyahoga (Cleveland) and Hamilton (Cincinnati), there have been 14,206 cases combined in addition to 583 deaths, 2,359 hospitalizations with just over 8,600 presumed recoveries.

DeWine also shared the statewide numbers, results are showing COVID-10 affecting younger demographics in recent weeks, impacting those under 29. The median age affected is 45 statewide.

DeWine met with the Health Commissioners for each of the seven Level three counties and reports many of the cases they’re seeing, many of the same surnames were regular occurrences giving the thought the affects are resulting from family gatherings. Other indicators were said to show the spread coming from workplaces and churches. 

CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

Statewide as of 2pm ET Tuesday, July , 2020 (difference since Monday at 2pm ET): Ohio has 58,904 (+948) total COVID-19 cases with 41,438 (+635) presumed recoveries, 8,383 (+134) hospitalizations and 2,970 (+43) deaths due to the virus.

Cases by county in the Scioto Valley Region since the count began in March 2020: (difference from Monday)

FAIRFIELD, 585 (+13), 391 recoveries (+81), 64 Hospitalizations (+1), 16 (0) deaths.

FAYETTE, 46 (0), 45 recoveries (0), 6 Hospitalizations (0), 0 deaths.

HIGHLAND, 45 (0), 34 recoveries (0), 9 Hospitalizations (0), 1 (+1) deaths.

HOCKING, 78 (0), 65 recoveries (0), 16 Hospitalizations (0), 8 (0) deaths.

JACKSON, 24 (+1), 16 recoveries (0), 3 Hospitalizations (+1), 0 deaths.

PICKAWAY, 2,201 (+4), 2,095 recoveries (+4), 73 Hospitalizations (+1), 41 (0) deaths.

PIKE, 24 (+1), 15 recoveries (+2), 5 Hospitalizations (+1), 0 deaths.

ROSS, 130 (+3), 85 recoveries (+2), 26 Hospitalizations (0), 3 (0) deaths.

SCIOTO, 45 (+4), 21 recoveries (0), 6 Hospitalizations (0), 0 deaths.

VINTON, 22 (0), 20 recoveries (0), 6 Hospitalizations (0), 2 (0) deaths.

LOCAL PRISONS:  See all the ODRC numbers here