Cases back up over 100 in schools

The 128 cases in the first week of December were 3 times cases recorded in week of Thanksgiving.

Thirteen school districts in Clark County and four in Champaign County reported new cases of COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID19 school district dashboard’s latest update.

In total, 128 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, more than triple last week’s total of 42 cases recorded from the week of Nov. 24-30.

The school districts that reported student and staff cases are as follow:

Catholic Central: five student cases, one staff

Clark County Educational Service Center: one staff

Clark-Shawnee: nine students, one staff

Emmanuel Christian: one staff Global Impact STEM Academy: seven students

Greenon: five students, one staff

Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center: one staff

Mechanicsburg Exempted Village: three students

Northeastern: 16 students, two staff

Northwestern: five students Risen Christ Lutheran School: one student

Southeastern: three student, five staff

Springfield: 19 students, 17 stuff Springfield CTC: six students Tecumseh: 10 students, four staff

Triad: two students

Urbana: three students Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported Thursday were from the week of Dec. 1-7.

The dashboard tracks cases of COVID-19 in all public and private K-12 schools across the state. Data displayed includes all student and staff cases broken into two categories: new and cumulative. The board is updated every Thursday.

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