Health officials in Ohio said new antibody testing shows the coronavirus has been in the state since January.

Data released by the Ohio Health Department reveal that six people in the state reported feeling ill as early as Jan. 7, contradicting the previously believed narrative that the virus didn’t show up until February, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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