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The coronavirus forecast in Ohio is grim.

More than 100,000 people are believed to be infected with the coronavirus in the state — about one percent of its population, health officials in the state said Friday.

“This is certainly an unprecedented time … we’ve never seen a situation exactly like this,” said Dr. Amy Acton, director of the State Health Department, at a news conference Thursday.

There are currently five confirmed cases in the state, but officials believe that number will double every six days after the lastest patient became Ohio’s second person to have contracted the virus from community spread.

“Whenever you know of two people that have it due to community spread, then you can assume that 1% of your population has it,” a Health Department press secretary told a local ABC affiliate.

Gov. Mike DeWine and Acton are advising Ohioans to state home and are pushing to increase the state’s limited testing capacity.

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Robert Harrison, 96, arrives to vote while wearing a mask to prevent coronavirus exposure in Hamilton, Ohio, on Thursday.
Robert Harrison, 96, arrives to vote while wearing a mask to prevent coronavirus exposure in Hamilton, Ohio, on Thursday.Reuters
Visitors take safety precautions at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Visitors take safety precautions at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.EPA
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Shoppers stock up on a limited supply of disinfecting supplies at a Wal-Mart in Streetsboro, Ohio.
Shoppers stock up on a limited supply of disinfecting supplies at a Wal-Mart in Streetsboro, Ohio.EPA
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The two signed an executive order banning the gathering of 100 or more people in a single room or event space an attempt to combat further spread.

“This is a work in progress,” DeWine tweeted Friday. “ We are working as fast as we can to put the support systems into place that need to be there.”

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