Pop-up testing for the coronavirus begins today in Piqua and elsewhere throughout the state as part of an expansion of testing called for by Gov. Mike DeWine, part of the continuing state response to the pandemic.
A list of test sites can be found at coronavirus.ohio.gov. A new pop-up site will available at the CVS in Piqua, 154 N. College St., to join previously set up CVS testing sites at 5981 Far Hills Ave. in Centerville-Washington Twp. and 710 N. Main St. in Springboro.
Testing sites will also happen soon in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Xenia, Portsmouth, Columbiana, Akron, and elsewhere.
Things you need to know today, Friday:
- Dr. Amy Acton has resigned as director of the Ohio Department of Health. Lance Himes, PDH general counsel and a past ODH interim director, will again fill the interim role. Acton will now serve as the chief health adviser to DeWine.
- Dayton region has the highest “R naught" figure in Ohio, 1.07, DeWine said. All other regions in the state were under 1.00, but moving upward, he said. noting he didn’t think Dayton’s numbers were a cause for alarm yet. R naught, is a mathematical term that indicates how contagious an infectious disease is, according to Healthline and other online sources. It’s also referred to as the reproduction number. As an infection is transmitted to new people, it reproduces itself. R naught tells you the average number of people who will contract a contagious disease from one person with that disease. It specifically applies to a
- Best practices for churches resuming in-person services include having families sit together, face coverings and removing frequently touched items.
- JobsOhio has announced that 13 minority-owned businesses in Stark County will be participating in the London Stock Exchange’s ELITE Program.
- Ohio Jobs and Family Services will receive an $8.5 million federal Employment Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant to help reemploy individuals who lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and to help employers rebuild their workforce.
- Dayton Public Schools parents, in a survey, report that the district has responded well to COVID-19 and is moving in the right direction. The survey was conducted by Burges & Burges and LJR Custom Strategies with city/county funding from the Montgomery County Educational Services Center. Parents praised the district, even after COVID-19 caused an abrupt end to in-person classes, district officials said Thursday.
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LATEST STATE DATA: As of Friday afternoon, there have been at least 40,424 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 2,508 deaths, and 6,814 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Ohio has an estimated population of approximately 11.7 million, census records show.
Of the state’s positive cases, 12% are from Ohio’s prisons. At those prisons, there has been an increase in testing.
[ Local cases, deaths reported to Ohio Department of Health ]
There have been 520,813 people tested for coronavirus in Ohio.
In the state, 5,967 cases are health care workers, which is 15 percent of the cases.
Other things you need to know today:
- Jacksonville, Florida, chosen to host Republican National Convention
- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and National Aviation Hall of Fame reopen July 1
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to reopen June 15
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