COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Linger in Ohio

A "prone team," wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), turns a COVID-19 patient onto his stomach in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit (ICU), on April 24, 2020, in Connecticut. John Moore/Getty Images

With the lifting of most pandemic restrictions, cases of COVID-19 have slightly increased across Ohio and throughout the nation.

On May 19, Ohio’s director of health Bruce Vanderhoff said the increase in early-to-mid May was due to virus variants lingering.