Mask Order Summit County Ohio
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Mask order summit county ohio. For summit and lorain counties to begin wearing face coverings. The penalty for violating an ohio health order is a second degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a 90 day jail term or a fine not more than 750. Masks are required because summit county reached level 3 or red on the state s new public health advisory system meaning the county has reached a point of very high exposure and spread of. Masks are now required in neighboring summit county.
Summit county s mask mandate effective june 27 appears to correlate with a decline in case numbers locally the county health department said wednesday. Lorain county and summit county have both gone from level 2 orange where masks are recommended to a level 3 red where masks are required in public spaces if you re unable to social distance. Dayton ohio wdtn governor mike dewine announced tuesday the ohio department of health is issuing an order that will require all k 12 students to wear masks in school. Mike dewine said thursday that summit joined the list of counties that are currently worst hit from coronavirus.
Huron county has been coded level 2 or orange on the state heat map for increased exposure and spread clermont pickaway fairfield lorain summit and wood counties moved from level 2 to. We re doing it to. Akron ohio wjw mayor daniel horrigan of akron has introduced legislation requiring residents to wear face coverings while in public until further notice. Mask mandate for ohio.
The order was to be effective at 6 p m. July 10 and applies to all indoor spaces and outdoor spaces where it is not possible to maintain a 6 foot distance from another person. Mike dewine announced july 9 that summit and four other counties had joined the previous seven in level 3 or red status making masks mandatory if people are going out.