Governor DeWine Declares March 9 a Day of Remembrance in Honor of Lives Lost to COVID-19

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has declared today a day of remembrance in Ohio in honor of the more than 17,500 Ohioans who have died from COVID-19. 

March 9, 2021, marks the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed coronavirus cases in Ohio. Since then, more than 979,000 people have tested positive in the state.