COVID-19 Update: Prison PPE

April 30, 2020

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine announced today that Ohio has provided more than 1.1 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Ohio’s state prisons.

This includes:

  • 108,000 N95 masks;
  • 256,000 gloves;
  • 684,000 procedure masks;
  • 10,000 provider gowns; and
  • 100,000 cloth masks for inmates

“This equipment is vital to the safety of our corrections staff and the inmates who they guard,” said Governor DeWine. “Our goal is to keep a 90-day supply of the most critical equipment.”

CURRENT OHIO DATA: 

There are 18,027 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and 975 confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 3,533 people have been hospitalized, including 1,035 admissions to intensive care units. In-depth data can be accessed by visiting coronavirus.ohio.gov.

Video of today’s full update, including versions with foreign language closed captioning, can be viewed on the Ohio Channel’s YouTube page.

For more information on Ohio’s response to COVID-19, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH.