CLEVELAND, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that 181 Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices statewide would be closed in the latest attempt from the state to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The offices will close at the end of business Wednesday. DeWine said he would ask the General Assembly to pass legislation allowing a grace period for those who are unable to renew their license.

“BMV has about a million people that go through their doors throughout the state of Ohio throughout all the BMVs each and every month,” DeWine said during his daily coronavirus briefing. “That’s an opportunity for us to slow this down.”

Five offices will remain open for the purpose of issuing commercial drivers’ licenses.

“Our transportation system is important,” DeWine said. “We have to keep moving the food. We have to keep moving the medical supplies.”

Other services would be conducted either online or by mail.

DeWine said he was asking law enforcement to not issue tickets for expired licenses during this time.

The governor announced Wednesday that 88 people had tested positive for coronavirus, an increase of more than 20 from the 67 confirmed cases announced on Tuesday.

DeWine on Wednesday also ordered salons, barbershops and tattoo parlors closed. He asked businesses who are still having employees report to work to conduct daily temperature checks.

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