OH
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Six University Hospitals caregivers are now being tested for the novel coronavirus, the health system said in a press release Tuesday.
The six professionals, who were in close contact with the three patients in Cuyahoga County who tested positive with the novel coronavirus, are in home isolation and being monitored, UH said.
The Ohio and Cuyahoga departments of health reported these three patients had been exposed to COVID-19 outside of the state. They are in home quarantine and are being monitored by the Ohio Department of Health and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. No patients have been hospitalized for COVID-19, UH said.
TN
Region’s first case of coronavirus confirmed in Sullivan County
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — The region’s first case of coronavirus COVID-19 was confirmed this afternoon in Sullivan County.
The virus was confirmed through lab testing by the Tennessee Department of Health, according to the Sullivan County Regional Health Department.
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