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The faster spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus makes it harder for public health officials to trace. About 5 to 8 people are likely to become infected from one person with COVID-19 compared with 1 to 3 people at the beginning of the pandemic.
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Although the Hispanic population is more likely to be hospitalized and die from COVID-19, the city of Cleveland is still struggling to reach its Spanish-speaking population.
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Health departments around Ohio cannot keep up with efforts to contact each COVID-19 positive case and trace their contacts to reduce spread. A nonprofit that has worked with Ohio to develop its contact tracing program during the pandemic, is urging people to contact trace themselves.
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Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, June 4: 1,600 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes;Canton reviews police response to protests;100 march through鈥
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Updated: 4:10 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2020 Ohio will 鈥渟ubstantially鈥 increase its capacity for coronavirus testing as the state鈥檚 manufacturers step up the production of test kit components, Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday. More testing, combined with expanded efforts to trace the spread of COVID-19 throughout the state, will help health workers 鈥渋solate鈥 and 鈥渒ill鈥 the virus, the governor said.