Franklin County is again at the highest warning level in the state’s coronavirus advisory system.
The Ohio Department of Health announced the rating of purple for Franklin County on Thursday afternoon, citing continued increases in new cases, hospital admissions and other coronavirus trends over the past two weeks in Ohio s capital county. Franklin has gone to purple because its health care utilization has started to increase, Gov. Mike DeWine said during an afternoon news conference. Emergency visits, they re up. Outpatient visits, hospital visits for COVID, those are all up.
The color rating shift likely won’t trigger any specific restrictions, closings or other immediate mandates from state or local health officials, but residents were urged to take precautions to prevent the further spread of the disease.