Author: NBC4 Staff / Source: WDTN
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Department of Health has declared a statewide community outbreak of hepatitis A after observing an increase in cases linked to certain risk factors since the beginning of 2018.
Since January 2018 to February 11, 2019, Ohio has seen 1,657 cases of hepatitis A according to the Ohio Health Department.
Sixty percent of those people with the virus in Ohio were hospitalized, and five people have died.
Sixty-eight of the 88 counties in Ohio have had confirmed cases of hepatitis A, and four counties have seen more than…
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