COVID-19 State Updates: May 21, 2020

Ohio’s COVID-19 case data is below and more data is available on the COVID-19 Dashboard here.

• 27,517 confirmed cases

• 1,919 probable cases

• 29,436 total cases

• 5,198 hospitalizations

• 1,603 confirmed deaths

• 178 probable deaths

• 1,781 total deaths

• 1,369 ICU admissions

Please find below the signed Ohio Department of Health Director’s Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio Order and the Urgent Health Advisory.

• ODH Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio Order is here.

• Urgent Health Advisory: Ohioans Protecting Ohioans is here.

The following order has also been signed by Ohio’s Health Director Amy Acton, M.D., MPH:

• Camp Safe Ohio Order

The Ohio House version of a capital re-appropriations bill, HB 670, was released Wednesday.

• The bill "will allow funding for previously approved construction projects focused on health, safety and jobs to continue uninterrupted into the new fiscal year."

• Lawmakers have until end of the fiscal year on June 30 to approve any re-appropriations.

• While an Ohio Senate re-appropriations bill has not been formally introduced yet, Senate Finance Chair Matt Dolan estimated it could contain about $1.2 billion.

The Senate Local Government, Public Safety, & Veterans Affairs Committee held its second hearing on HB 242, regarding auxiliary containers; GCP has weighed-in on this issue and the legislation.

• The Committee passed an amended version of HB 242 that included a 12-month sunset amendment.

• Pending passage on the Ohio Senate floor, the House would either need to concur with the Senate changes or send the legislation to a conference committee to resolve the differences between the bills.