Clark, Champaign school district cases still over 100

Springfield City Schools records highest total with 21 students out.

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

In total, 109 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, a slight decrease from last week’s total of 128 cases recorded from the week of Dec. 1-7.

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

Catholic Central: nine students, one staff

Clark County Educational Service Center: one staff Clark-Shawnee: one staff Cliff Park High School: one staff

Global Impact STEM Academy: one student

Greenon: four students, one staff

Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center: one staff

Nightingale Montessori Inc.: one student

Northeastern: nine students, four staff

Northwestern: three students Ridgewood Schools: four students

Southeastern: four students Springfield: 21 students, 14 staff Springfield CTC: nine students, two staff

Tecumseh: nine students, two staff

Triad: two students

Urbana: four students, one staff Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported on Thursday were from the week of Dec. 8-14.

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

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