COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The office of the Ohio Governor announced that Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday morning, marking the fourth time since 2020 he has contracted the virus.
DeWine’s positive test came in at 7:30 a.m. with his office saying he experienced mild, cold-like symptoms on Monday before noticing worsened symptoms Tuesday morning. Governor DeWine said he is taking Paxlovid and will work from home throughout the next week.
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This is the fourth time DeWine has announced he has COVID-19. His first time testing positive came in August 2020 , followed by another diagnosis by his physician in April 2022 . The most recent time DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 before Tuesday came in September 2023 .
COVID-19 cases have been on the rise in the United States since June, per the governor’s office, with the most prominent variant now being KP.3.1.1, a variant of the Omicron family. The first Omicron variant case in Ohio was detected in December 2021.