In total, nine student and staff cases were reported Thursday for the week of Feb. 28-March 6. In comparison, 27 cases were reported among local school districts the previous week.
There were eight cases reported in Clark County and one case reported in Champaign County schools.
The schools and districts that reported student and staff cases are:
Clark-Shawnee: 2 students, 1 staff
Northeastern: 5 students
Urbana: 1 student
Cases reported on the school dashboard lag one week, meaning those reported Thursday were from Feb. 28-March 6.
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 new and cumulative categories. The board is updated Thursdays.
As of March 10, Ohio K-12 schools are no longer required to report COVID-19 cases to local health departments as the state updates its reporting policies and shifts to weekly COVID reporting instead of daily.
Schools only need to report cases if the school tested a student for the virus and the result is positive, according to ODH.
“As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, K-12 schools should continue to work closely with their local health departments to monitor the spread of the virus in their community,” ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said Thursday.
ODH will archive the COVID-19 School Reporting dashboard.
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