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Wayne and Holmes counties will stick to case rates and hospitalizations to determine how their communities are managing the coronavirus, despite the newly released county positivity rates.
“I wouldn’t put much bearing into those positivity rates,” said Michael Derr, health commissioner for the Holmes County General Health District. “I don’t see where it gives the public any good insight. The only thing it tells me is people aren’t getting tested.”
Holmes County had the fourth-lowest number of tests per 100,000 population in the recent release of county positivity rates. The county conducted 1,458 tests per 100,000 population for a positivity rate of 6.7% in the 14 days before April 20.