CLEVELAND, Ohio – Most of Ohio is still on the verge of worrying about the spread of the coronavirus, weeks after the first vaccines began to sneak into the state. Hamilton County placed the greatest importance of level 4 press warning. And Lorain County is watching next week possibly.
Thursday’s update showed 83 of Ohio’s 88 counties are at level 3 red, including every state in northern Ohio. The only four counties on the lower orange are Gallia, Hocking, Monroe and Vinton – all in southeast Ohio.
Although vaccines have begun to be administered and hospitalizations have declined sharply over the past month, there are a large number of cases across the country that are much higher than where they were during the summer and early fall.
Here the Ohio coronavirus alarm card has been changed over the past few months.Ohio Department of Health
In early October, only ten counties were on standby, none in the Greater Cleveland / Akron area. That changed as the cases ignited, shooting up deaths and filling hospital beds in late fall in Ohio.
According to the state advisory system, the red warning means that there is a public emergency for increased exposure and distribution and that people ‘need to be very careful’.
Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, became the first county to be placed in press warning since December 17 on Richland County. Level 4 press comes with the warning to “just leave home for supplies and services.”
The state reported that so far 3 out of 100 Ohioans have been vaccinated.
In particular, Mike DeWine’s government has caused every province in Ohio to pile up new cases at rates much higher than what the Centers for Disease Control considers a high incidence, or more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. , excluding prisoners.
Rates in Ohio range from 343.5 per 100,000 in Holmes County to 1,092.8 in Shelby County.
In the Greater Cleveland / Akron area, these rates are 774 per 100,000 for Lorain County, 762.5 for Lake, 724.8 for Summit, 673.4 for Cuyahoga, 667.8 for Portage, 647.6 for Medina and 604 , 4 for Geauga.
Here is the 14-day COVID-19 rate through Tuesday for every Ohio county in Ohio. The rate is per 100,000 people, excluding prisoners.Ohio Department of Health
The Ohio Department of Health is monitoring seven measures to determine alert levels. The indicators include the number of new cases per capita, increase in visits to doctors and emergency rooms, capacity levels in the hospital and how many cases arise outside municipal residential facilities such as old age homes.
Cuyahoga was spotted in four of the seven areas this week for crossing the threshold of concern:
* New cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past two weeks.
* Sequential streaks of days with increasing number of new cases and COVID-19 related emergency room visits. The stripes ended on January 2nd.
* A large number of new cases outside municipal housing, such as nursing homes.
Lorain County is concerned in six areas – the same four as Cuyahoga, plus for increases over at least five consecutive days for doctor visits and hospital admissions. However, the last of these periods for the consecutive days ends on 5 January.
Cuyahoga County has been targeted for levels of concern about coronavirus in four of seven state-track areas.Ohio Department of Health
Here’s the coronavirus alert report card issued for Lorain County on Thursday, which puts the country on ‘guard’ to possibly go to level 4 press alert next week.Ohio Department of Health
The advisory system
Take a closer look at the advisory system that DeWine introduced in early July.
* 1. New matters Warning is activated when there are 50 new cases per case, 100,000 inhabitants during the past two weeks.
* 2. Increase in new cases – Warning caused by an increase in cases over five consecutive days at any point during the past three weeks. It is based on the date of onset of symptoms, not when the cases are reported.
* 3. Uncollected life cases Warning is triggered when at least 50% of the new cases occurred in one of the last three weeks in out-of-town housing such as nursing homes and prisons.
* 4. Emergency rooms Warning when at any stage in the last three weeks there is an increase in visits for COVID-like symptoms or a diagnosis for five consecutive days.
* 5. Doctor visits Warning is triggered when there is an increase in outpatient visits, which at any point in the past three weeks seems to have confirmed cases or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 for five days.
* 6. Hospitalizations Warning caused when there has been an increase in new COVID-19 patients at any stage during the past three weeks. It is based on the country or the residence, not the location of the hospital.
* 7. Intensive care unit occupation Warning when the ICU occupancy in a region exceeds 80% of the total ICU beds and at least 20% of the beds are used for coronavirus patients for at least three days in the past week.
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