COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fifty people in Ohio have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Ohio, according to Ohio Department of Health data Monday afternoon, including 14 people who are hospitalized.

Gov. Mike DeWine also said he’s seeking to postpone until June 2 Tuesday’s primary election-- pending a court order. It’s an unprecedented move. Absentee voting would still occur. But voting at polling places would be delayed.

The number of confirmed tests is up from Sunday afternoon, when 37 people in Ohio had tested positive.

The age range of confirmed cases is 14 to 86. The median age is 51, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton said.

“Our testing is expanding. It’s still concentrated a lot around what we call in Ohio the big ‘3 Cs,’ bigger cities," she said, referring to Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.

The onset of illnesses was Feb. 7 to March 15 for the confirmed patients, she said.

DeWine announced the following will be closed at the close of business today: Fitness centers and gyms, bowling alleys, public recreation centers, movie theaters, indoor water parks and indoor trampoline parks.

The federal government is restricting mass gatherings of 50 people, DeWine said. But Ohio’s order had been for 100 people or more.

“We will conform our order, so we will modify our order from 100 to 50,” he said.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said about 30 minutes after the briefing started he received a note, saying the Associated Press reported that federal guidelines now say that mass gatherings should be limited to 10 people.

Why cancel the election now?

Last week, DeWine and other state officials said the election was on as planned. So why cancel it now?

DeWine said it’s because information is constantly changing. For instance, the federal order that a mass gathering consists of 50 people has already changed.

“We process this," he said. "I process this. The team processes this.”

DeWine also said that the public’s understanding of the gravity of the situation is rapidly changing, and more people have called with concerns.

“Safer would have been September," he said. "We have one problem: It’s a presidential year.”

Republicans and Democrats have to select delegations to their national conventions, LaRose said, so that’s why the day in June was chosen.

The Democratic convention is in July. The Republican convention is a few weeks after, he said. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said that his team was considering issues such as the time needed to certify votes before the national conventions.

“The early voting period, which has gone on for the last four weeks, ended today at 2 p.m.," LaRose said. "What we’re doing is obviously extending the vote-by-mail period.”

What if the judge disagrees and says the election must go on?

The case will be before a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge. DeWine said he doesn’t try to guess what judges do.

“I do believe in the petition there will be a strong case made that this protects people’s constitutional rights," DeWine said.

LaRose said that the election officials at the local levels are professionals. If the judge rules against the state, the county elections officials will be ready to hold the election.

DeWine said that few Americans -- except those who may have been alive during the 1918 Spanish flu -- have lived through a pandemic of this scale.

“We have to treat this like we would with any huge, huge national crisis," he said.

Grocery stores, banks

Acton said grocery stores and banks will remain open during this time.

“You’re going to have access to the essentials of life,” Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said. “That’s what this is all about.”

Husted encouraged the public to patronize delivery or pickup restaurants and other places.

On Sunday, Acton signed an order closing bars and restaurants as of 9 p.m. Sunday, although pickup and delivery is still allowed.

Shopping malls, Bureaus of Motor Vehicles remain open -- for now

Although state orders have closed a lot of public and private services, there are some notable exceptions -- shopping malls and Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices.

“We’re trying to get the big ones out of the way,” DeWine said. “We can’t micromanage everything in people’s lives... We’ll continue to evaluate, to listen to mayors and local county commissioners and others who have seen things out in the field."

DeWine said people need to use common sense. Social distancing is considered keeping six feet between people. People who are older or have compromised immune systems are advised to take even more precautions.

Send sick employees home

“If you have an employee who is exhibiting signs of an illness, send them home," Husted said.

If a company doesn’t have paid sick leave, people are eligible for unemployment immediately during the coronavirus emergency, he said.

“We understand the dramatic impact that decisions have on real people, businesses in their daily lives," he said. "We’re trying to build that support structure around you as fast as we can.”

Restaurants and latex gloves

Acton asked the food and beverage industry to donate any extra latex gloves to their local emergency management agencies, due to a shortage as more people come into hospitals.

She said other industries may have extra gloves, surgical and N95 masks and other equipment that she’s asking them to donate.

County, global, national figures

It’s now been a week since the first cases were confirmed -- three in suburban Cuyahoga County, which were announced Monday, March 9. Now there are 50 statewide.

By Monday afternoon, 12 counties had confirmed cases:

Belmont - 2

Butler - 6

Cuyahoga - 24

Franklin - 3

Geauga -1

Lorain - 3

Lucas 1

Medina - 2

Stark -3

Summit - 2

Trumbull -2

Tuscarawas - 1

By Monday afternoon, there were over 178,000 confirmed cases across the globe and over 6,700 deaths.

In the U.S., there were nearly 4,100 confirmed cases and 69 deaths. But public health officials have said that due to testing delays and people who are asymptomatic, the official numbers are lower than the likely reality.

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