Faced with an alarming accumulation of new COVID-19 cases in his state, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called on an open letter for citizens to unite, regardless of their political affiliation, to combat a “common enemy” who has claimed the lives of nearly 230,000 more people in the United States.
DeWine posted a video Sunday reading a letter he wrote to Ohionings emphasizing the urgency of joining forces to keep the virus at bay until there is a vaccine.
The Republican governor began the video by appearing with a face mask and admitted that his application comes at a time when Americans are “more divided than we can remember. “
“Today and for some time now, we also have a non-unusual enemy, who doesn’t care if we vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden, a relentless and now obviously obviously on the move,” DeWine said.
He implored Ohions to unite without delay and fight the virus, saying that “what is at stake may not be greater” and that “time is not on our side. “
DeWine’s call to arms came after Ohio released a record 3,845 recently reported coronavirus cases friday, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Over the next month, the state has more than doubled its number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and noticed its positivity rate for cases nearly tripled, from 2. 7% in mid-September to almost 7% now.
Although DeWine released his video, Ohio reported 3,303 more cases on Sunday, with two more deaths and 88 hospitalizations. DeWine said the contagion killed about 5,300 Ohio residents.
“Now it has been said that a non-unusual floor can only be discovered moving to the upper floor. Now it’s time to move to this top floor,” DeWine said. “We will have to unite, combine them as the inhabitants of Ohio have. . We’ll have to leave the afterlife behind to move on. “
DeWine also called on Congress to temporarily approve a new bipartisan COVID-19 aid plan that was blocked because of a war of words between Republicans and Democrats over the amount of cash needed for america’s slow economy. But it’s not the first time And funding efforts to curb the virus, which is sweeping across the country.
October marked the highest month ever recorded for instances in the United States with more than 1. 8 million new instances, according to knowledge compiled through the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. The country reported 99,321 new instances of COVID-19 on Friday. , a record for new instances of a day, according to the knowledge of Johns Hopkins.
The average seven-day new in Ohio is 2,984.
October’s knowledge shows that 30 states and Puerto Rico reported record cases of COVID-19, 22 states recorded hospitalization records, and 10 states passed death records.
“We all love each other: our families, our friends, our neighbors and the other people in Ohio that we don’t even know,” DeWine said. “We have to do this to keep the virus at bay until we have the Y when we do, we will want the voice on both sides to emphasize the importance of getting this vaccine and from the other people who decide to get it. “
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