Ohio Department Of Health

Thanksgiving is just a week away as Ohio’s COVID-19 cases climb again. State health officials are encouraging Ohioans not yet vaccinated to take that step.

This increase in cases comes after cases in the Buckeye state had plateaued and appeared to be waning a couple of weeks ago.

Columbus City Schools has adopted the new quarantine guidelines for students and staff issued this week by the Ohio Department of Health.

Ohio is changing its guidance on quarantining kids who have been exposed to COVID in a school setting. The change comes after a pilot program in Warren County showed students could stay in school, wearing masks, without spreading the virus.

For the first time in state history, Ohio recorded more deaths than births last year, a development experts say was expedited by COVID-19.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has been trending lower in recent days.

Ohioans must carry their cards with them as proof of vaccination for various reasons, increasing the likelihood those paper records will be lost.

The number of COVID-19 cases has been decreasing in recent days.

The Ohio Department of Health reports the number of cases now rivals last winter's surge.

As the latest wave of COVID-19 continues infecting more Central Ohioans, vaccinations are coming into another front, people’s homes.