Governor Dewine Asks Ohioans to Stay Home During Highest Wave in Cases

OHIO – Dewine says that he wants Ohioans to take the pandemic serious, and wants to ask more people to stay home.

We must do everything we can right now to slow down the transmission of the virus and the potential contact people may have. For state employees, we initially planned to have employees begin to return to work in early January, but we are now putting a hold on that.

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) November 30, 2020

Dewine is asking for people, who can work from home to continue to work from home, he also said that the state will extend leave on state employees that were planning on coming back to work in January.

The Governor said that he wants people to pull back and limit your activities, saying, “there is a cause and effect to what we do.”

Stacey Morris: I want people to take this seriously. It isn't a hoax. This is our reality. This is one of the biggest waves we've ever seen. We're hoping we can come together as a state and country to slow this virus. We need the help of everyone.

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Superload 5 Heads Out From Ross County Friday

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) November 30, 2020

Pickaway numbers are at a all time high today numbers never reported before for the COVID-19 active cases in the area.

According to Pickaway Public Health as of 3:00 p.m. today, Monday, November 30, 2020 there is a total of 398,371 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ohio and 6,009 deaths. Currently there are 4,120 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Pickaway County, 2,401 being inmates, leaving 1,719 local residents who have tested positive. There are 280 active local resident cases with 20 hospitalized. There are a total of 57 deaths, 37 being inmates and 20 community deaths.