New cases reported in 18 districts
Thirteen Clark County and five Champaign County school districts reportednew cases of COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s school district dashboard’s latest update.
In total, 105 student and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, which is an increase from 80 cases Nov. 19.
■ Springfield City School District reportedthe highest numbers of cases — 22 total, including 15 students and seven staff. Tecumseh Local School District followedwith 19 cases, including 18 students and one staff.
■ The remaining school districts reported student, staff cases as follows:
■ CatholicCentral: three student, one staff
■ Clark ESC: one staff ■ Clark-Shawnee: one student, two staff
■ Emmanuel Christian Academy: nine students, three staff
■ GISA: one student,one staff
■ Northeastern: students
■ Northwestern: students, three staff
■ Southeastern: onestaff
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■ Springfield Christian: one student, one staff
■ Springfield Preparatory: two students
■ Springfield-Clark County Joint Vocational School: seven students, one staff
■ Graham Local Schools: five students, one staff
■ Mechanicsburg: students, one staff
■ Triad: two students
■ Urbana: two students ■ West Liberty-Salem: one student
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Several districts have adjusted their learning options to offer hybrid learning for students who previously chose in-person learning.
Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning those reported Thursday were from the week of Nov. 17-23.
The dashboard tracks cases of COVID-19 in all public and private K-12 schools across the state. Data displayedon the boardincludes all student and staff cases broken into two categories: new and cumulative. The board is updated each Thursday.