COVID-19 indicators increase
By Tim Colliver - tcollier@aimmediamidwest.com
This graphic courtesy of the Ohio Department of Health illustrates the demographics that will be targeted in Ohio’s next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations and their estimated populations.
Graphic courtesy Ohio Department of Health
During Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Tuesday coronavirus news briefing, he said that 7,580 new cases of COVID-19 had been reported by the Ohio Department of Health, bringing the state’s cumulative total since March to 735,003.
On one hand, the ODH reported 104 deaths since Monday, bringing the death toll since March to more than 9,000, while on the other hand reporting that 596,221 people that contracted COVID-19 had experienced a full recovery.
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Highland County Health Department begins administering COVID-19 vaccines to local EMS personnel Highland County Health Department public health staff members Ebbie VanPelt and Katy Lewis and Health Commissioner Jared Warner are pictured with Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccines. (Photos courtesy of the Highland County Health Department) Bonnie Rusch, Highland County Health Department director of nursing, administers some of the first COVID-19 vaccines to local EMS in this series of photos. Pictured is Jerry Quigley of the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District. Bonnie Rusch administers a vaccine to Danielle Eichhorn of the Southern Highland Joint Fire District.
Hillsboro City Schools close
By McKenzie Caldwell - mcaldwell@aimmediamidwest.com
This graphic maps out the number of new COVID-19 cases each day in Highland County from March 1 to Dec. 14. The data is based on the date patients began to experience COVID-19 symptoms.
Graphic courtesy of the Ohio Department of Health
Hillsboro City Schools will close due to illness-related absences and quarantines from Tuesday, Dec. 15 to Friday, Dec. 18, superintendent Tim Davis told The Times-Gazette.
Students will not have schoolwork during this time as the district is using four of its calamity days, which are similar to snow days, Davis said.
ODH: Increased spread outside school setting
By McKenzie Caldwell - mcaldwell@aimmediamidwest.com
Editor’s Note This story has been updated to clarify that the Ohio Department of Education does not collect data on COVID-19 in schools.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) continues to report limited COVID-19 spread in a classroom setting, though there has been an increase in community spread due to informal gatherings outside of school, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine stated this week.
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) also surveys how districts’ students are learning whether through in-person, hybrid, or remote learning plans though schools are not required to report this information, a representative of the ODE told The Times-Gazette. The data from these surveys are not considered complete or official.