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Local school COVID case rates fairly steady in January Jeremy P. Kelley
The number of COVID cases reported by Ohio schools has changed only slightly in the past two weeks, according to Ohio Department of Health data released Thursday.
Statewide, schools reported 3,242 new cases from Jan. 25-31, down slightly from 3,499 and 3,464 the previous two weeks.
In the Dayton area, schools reported 340 new COVID-19 cases last week, up slightly from 324 and 329 the previous two weeks, per the ODH data.
Whether that’s good news or not depends on how you view the data. On the one hand, school-reported cases are not declining as rapidly as COVID cases in Ohio’s general population. On the other hand, in a January with thousands of students returning to in-person schools on the heels of the holiday season, numbers didn’t really go up either.