DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY

AFTER CONFIRMING THREE PEOPLE

FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA HAVE

TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS .

MARK:2 NEWS REPORTER KRISTEN

ESKOW JOINS US LIVE IN THE

NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST

INFORMATION...

KRISTEN:MARK - THAT

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR

JUST CAME IN WITHIN THE PAST

HOUR.THESE ARE OHIO'S FIRST

CONFIRMED CASES - BUT SO FAR -

NO CONFIRMED CASES HERE IN THE

MIAMI VALLEY.

GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE SAYS

THREE PEOPLE - ALL IN THEIR

50'S - HAVE TESTED POSITIVE

FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - OR

COVID-19.OFFICIALS SAY THE

WOMAN AND TWO MEN WHO HAVE

TESTED POSITIVE ARE ALL FROM

CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST

OHIO.THE GOVERNOR TELLS US TWO

OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE A COUPLE

WHO WERE ON A CRUISE ON THE

NILE RIVER. ONE REMAINS

HOSPITALIZED, AND THE OTHER IS

NOT.AND THE THIRD PERSON IS

UNRELATED TO THEM - AND HAD

ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN

WASHINGTON, D-C.THEY SAY LOCAL

HEALTH OFFICIALS THERE ARE

REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO THE

PATIENTS WERE IN CONTACT WITH.

GOV. MIKE DEWINE - (R) OHIO:

"WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS. THIS

WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR

A WHILE. AND THE FULL GOAL IS

TO MAKE SURE OHIOANS ARE SAFE."

KRISTEN:THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH IS PROVIDING DAILY

UPDATES ABOUT THE NUMBER OF

CASES IN OHIO.THEY SAY THEY'RE

ALSO GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF

WHERE THE VIRUS IS SPREADING.

KRISTEN ESKOW, 2 NEWS WORKING

FOR YOU.

MARK:IN THE UNITED STATES,