Nearly 100 people in Ohio got sick after one man infected with the coronavirus attended a church service

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• Ninety-one people caught COVID-19 after a man infected with the virus attended a church service in Ohio.
• Governor Mike DeWine tweeted a graphic from the Ohio Department of Health on Tuesday, which showed how the 56-year-old man was responsible for 91 infections.
• The man infected 53 people at the service, and 18 of them then passed the virus to at least one other person, the graphic said.
• Experts have previously warned that religious ceremonies are breeding grounds for the virus.  
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Close to 100 people contracted the coronavirus in Ohio after one person who had the virus attended a church service and spread it to dozens others.

As a warning to religious institutions in the state, Gov. Mike DeWine tweeted a graphic from the Ohio Department of Health on Tuesday to show how the 56-year-old churchgoer essentially infected 91 people.

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