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Coronavirus

Ohio COVID-19 information moving to ODH, DataOhio websites

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health will move all COVID-19 information from coronavirus.ohio.gov to the department website, the agency announced. All COVID-19 statistics and weekly reports are moving to the DataOhio COVID-19 reporting page, Health Department Director Dr. Bruce ...

Tyler County woman among latest West Virginia COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — A Tyler County resident was among three people in West Virginia who died in the last week from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Department of Health and Human Resources said. The department in its weekly pandemic report on Wednesday reported the death of an 85-year-old woman from ...

Ohio health officials confirm case of new COVID-19 strain

COLUMBUS — A single case of the COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 has been detected in Lorain County, the Ohio Department of Health said Thursday. “At this point, there is no evidence that this variant is causing any more severe illness, hospitalizations or deaths,” Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director ...

Two Jackson County residents among latest West Virginia COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Two more Jackson County residents were listed as deaths in the last week due to the COVID-19 coronavirus by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The department in its Wednesday pandemic update said five people died from the virus in the last week, ...

West Virginia not seeing increase in COVID hospitalizations

CHARLESTON — COVID-related hospitalizations have increased across the country, but not yet in West Virginia, state officials said Wednesday. “We have not seen a lot of COVID-related hospitalizations here in West Virginia,” state Health Officer Dr. Matthew Christiansen ...

West Virginia officials report three more COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — The death toll from the COVID-19 coronavirus in West Virginia has reached 8,170 deaths, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday. The state in its weekly pandemic report said another three deaths were confirmed in the last week. Deaths confirmed were a ...