The total number of COVID-19 cases in Summit County since the beginning of the pandemic hit the 3,000 mark Friday, Feb. 26, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage
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The total number of cases is now at 3,000, which is up 71 from last week. The county also reported two additional hospitalizations due to the virus, moving the number of hospitalizations among residents since March 5 to 128.
The county also moved into level yellow on the state’s COVID-19 dial on Friday. As of Friday, all three metrics remained within level yellow or lower on the state’s new dial.
The county’s incidence rate was at 222.7 new cases per 100,000 people, which is down 33 cases from last week, according to the state’s dial dashboard.
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Summit County reports 95 COVID-19 cases, 12 hospitalizations over the week
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Providers across Summit County received just over 300 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to administer this week, Public Health Director Amy Wineland said at a Board of Health meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The allocation is “bleak and disappointing,” Wineland said. Summit County Public Health itself asked for 2,000 doses this week and received only 100.
Initially, the county was expecting to receive even fewer vaccines. Wineland said officials were informed Thursday, Feb. 11, that the county would receive no doses.
However, the county’s board of commissioners advocated for public health to receive doses.
“We were told then that we would get 100 doses, which pales in comparison to what we were hoping to get this week,” Wineland said.