COVID-19 testing

Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on Ohioans to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Christmas approaches; Kent State University has been named as a target in a massive data breach linked to Russia; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given the Ohio National Guard a waiver to help administer the vaccine; and more stories.

Employees at many facilities also say there is not enough personal protective equipment.

Wednesday saw more than 10,000 new cases under the state’s new measuring system. It includes both confirmed and probable positive tests; the mother of a Black man fatally shot by an Ohio sheriff's deputy is demanding answers about her son's death; 78 inmates were infected with the coronavirus at the Cuyahoga County Jail as of Wednesday and nearly 400 more inmates are quarantining in specialized areas of the jail.

Most in-person classes will start with remote learning, and students living on campus, among others, will be subject to mandatory coronavirus testing.

"We Rate Covid Dashboards" is a group of public health and data analysts who grade university COVID-19 dashboards. The group gave Kent State an average rating of C+ for its effort to inform the college community of the prevalence of the virus during the pandemic.

Thousands line up for first day of early in-person voting, Kent State University launches a broad COVID testing program and more of your morning headlines for October 7, 2020.

Kent State has announced a partnership with CVS Health to provide more COVID-19 tests on campus.

Kent State University has announced it will begin expanded coronavirus testing on campus, new numbers released in long-term care facilities COVID deaths, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson extends the city’s civil emergency declaration through Oct. 31, and more stories.

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