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Statewide as of 2pm ET Wednesday, August 12, 2020 (difference since Tuesday at 2pm ET): Ohio has 104,248 (+1,422) total COVID-19 cases with 82,310 (+1,425) presumed recoveries, 11,901 (+141) hospitalizations and 3,734 (+26) deaths due to the virus.
Cases by county in the Scioto Valley Region since the count began in March 2020: (Data compares Tuesday’s Report with Wednesday’s from the State’s COVID-19 dashboard) which show 69 new cases in the 10 county region over the last 24 hours, the most being in Scioto County (+17), Fairfield County (+16) and Ross County (+15).
Most of the counties in the region report the number of active cases via their social media pages. Some of them include new report daily while others have gone to a report every few days on their social media pages or their websites. As noted in a recent #LitterMediaLIVE broadcast, Ross County is the only Health Department which does not report the active cases its handling. A scan of the sites Tuesday afternoon show a total of 574 active cases in the region, with 407 of those located in Fairfield County.
The state dashboard shows Highland County has suffered a second COVID-19 related death since Tuesday’s report.
In cooperation with the Scioto County Emergency Management Agency, the Scioto County Health Department released an announcement regarding a Wheelersburg Nursing Home with a COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement notes Best Care Nursing and Rehabilitation has an outbreak among its staff and residents.
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NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis below represent the difference since Tuesday’s statewide report. Active case were tallied via the respective Health Department posts via their social media pages.
FAIRFIELD, (RED/Level 3): 1,432 cases (+16), 1,073 recoveries (+25), 116 Hospitalizations (+1), 32 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: 407
FAYETTE, (ORANGE/Level 2): 124 cases (+3), 73 recoveries (+2), 14 Hospitalizations (+1), 0 deaths. ACTIVE CASES: 17
HIGHLAND, (ORANGE/Level 2): 169 cases (+3), 100 recoveries (+3), 22 Hospitalizations (+3), 2 deaths (+1). ACTIVE CASES: 29
HOCKING, (YELLOW/Level 1): 122 cases (+4), 95 recoveries (+2), 23 Hospitalizations (+1), 9 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: 11
JACKSON, (YELLOW/Level 2): 77 cases (+1), 56 recoveries (+4), 9 Hospitalizations (+1), 0 deaths. ACTIVE CASES: 6
PICKAWAY, (ORANGE/Level 2): 2,400 cases (+9), 2,282 recoveries (+6), 94 Hospitalizations (+0), 42 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: 18
PIKE, (ORANGE/Level 1): 80 cases (+1), 47 recoveries (+1), 11 Hospitalizations (+0), 0 deaths. ACTIVE CASES: 12
ROSS, (ORANGE/Level 2): 509 cases (+15), 265 recoveries (+14), 64 Hospitalizations (+1), 4 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: (RCHD does not release an active case number)
SCIOTO, (ORANGE/Level 2): 259 cases (+17), 121 recoveries (+2), 24 Hospitalizations (+0), 1 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: 71
VINTON, (YELLOW/Level 1): 32 cases (+1), 26 recoveries (+0), 7 Hospitalizations (+0 ), 2 deaths (+0). ACTIVE CASES: 4
SEE THE OHIO CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD HERE
OHIO PRISONS DASHBOARD: (Numbers below are from the 8/12/2020 Report)
CCI: 35 staff cases, 21 recovered; 83 inmates testing positive, 95 recovered, 4 pending results
RCI: 4 staff cases, 4 recovered; 0 inmates testing positive, 13 pending results
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