CLOSE Laboratory technologist Roger Knauf tests for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, at Gravity Diagnostics in Covington on March 24, 2020. (Photo: Liz Dufour/The Enquirer) Hitting a grim pandemic milestone, Ohio surpassed 5,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, a pathogen that emerged in humans only late last year and now is a leading killer in the Buckeye State and the nation. The six deaths announced Monday afternoon pushed the state’s death toll to 5,005. Public health experts also have cautioned that any count of the coronavirus dead will be lower than the actual number of fatalities as it’s likely people have died with the virus but were not tested for it or treated for COVID-19, the illness that develops from infection of the coronavirus. Here’s what the toll of 5,005 dead Ohioans means. How we compare Ohio ranks 13th in the country in COVID-19 deaths. The leaders: New York, Texas,…
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