COVID-19 Cases Total 798 Over 14 Day Period in Ten County Region

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Litter Media looked back over the daily reports to the COVID-19 Ohio Dashboard from the county health departments for a 14 day period, July 16 through July 29.

The counties tracked (alphabetically) included, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton.

The total cases reported by the ten counties are 798 with 431 presumed recoveries. There have been 69 hospitalizations and 8 deaths across the counties during the 14 day period.

The larger populated areas are higher in number, with Fairfield County ranked first in the four categories. Ross County has the second most cases, hospitalizations and deaths while Pickaway County ranks third in total cases during the period. Scioto and Highland Counties are fourth and fifth among the total cases and presumed recoveries.

Below are the totals for each county and their respected totals in the four categories mentioned.

By the numbers: 10 County Region Reported July 16th through 29th, 2020.

Total COVID-19 Cases: 798

Fairfield, 354
Ross, 166
Pickaway, 83
Scioto, 65
Highland, 45
Jackson, 28
Pike, 22
Fayette, 18
Hocking, 13
Vinton, 4

COVID-19 Presumed Recoveries: 431

Fairfield, 236
Pickaway, 60
Ross, 46
Scioto, 31
Highland, 17
Jackson, 12
Fayette & Pike, 10
Hocking, 7
Vinton, 2

COVID-19 Related Hospitalizations: 69

Fairfield, 33
Ross, 15
Highland, 6
Pickaway, 4
Hocking, Jackson & Scioto, 3
Fayette & Vinton, 1
Pike, 0

COVID-19 Related Deaths: 8

Fairfield, 4
Ross, 2
Hocking & Scioto, 1
Fayette, Highland, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Vinton, 0

As of the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map posted July 23, 2020, three counties are Level 3 Public Emergency (RED): Fairfield, Pickaway and Scioto. Highland and Jackson Counties are Level 2 Public Emergency (ORANGE) while Fayette, Hocking, Pike, Ross and Vinton were listed Level 1 Public Emergency (YELLOW). (See the indicators) The OPHAS map will be updated July 30, 2020.

According to Ohio-Demographics.com, there’s nearly 542,000 people in the ten county region. Fairfield (157,574) is the Ohio’s 20th most populated county followed by Ross (76,666) ranked 32nd. Scioto County is 34th (75,314) and Pickaway County is 45th (58,518). Highland County (43,161) rounds out the top five in population count among the ten counties while the other five are in the state’s bottom 20 in population size: Jackson (32,413), Hocking (28,264), Fayette (28,525), Pike (27,777) and Vinton (13,085).

The objective of the review is to show the impact the coronavirus has been having in South Central Ohio. .0015-percent of the region’s population has been directly affected by the virus during the 14 day period, July 16-29, 2020.

Numbers used are from the daily Ohio Coronavirus Dashboard managed by the Ohio Department of Health