Highland County Health Commissioner Jared Warner said in a Facebook post that his staff is pushing hard to finish as many of the Phase 1A COVID-19 vaccinat
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Year in Review: Remembering the headlines of 2020 Pictured in January are (l-r) Hillsboro administrators introduced to city employees: council president Tom Eichinger, mayor Justin Harsha, chief of police/systems administrator Eric Daniels, safety and service director Brianne Abbott, public works superintendent Shawn Adkins and auditor Alex Butler. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) Demolition of the former Parker Hotel began in February 2020. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) On Jan. 24, then-Director of the Ohio Department of Health Dr. Amy Acton declared novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) an immediately reportable disease. Pictured is the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map as of Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office.)
New Covid cases, hospitalizations slow in Highland Co.
By McKenzie Caldwell - mcaldwell@aimmediamidwest.com
This graphic maps out the number of new COVID-19 cases each day in Highland County from March 1 to Dec. 21. The data is based on the date patients began to experience COVID-19 symptoms.
Graphic courtesy of the Ohio Department of Health
Highland County Health Commissioner Jared Warner reported a slight decrease in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the county as of Friday.
Warner said that, in the seven days preceding Friday, the health department saw between 22 and 35 new cases each day, or 401 new cases over the past two weeks.
Vaccinations continue with nursing home residents, staff
By McKenzie Caldwell - mcaldwell@aimmediamidwest.com
This graphic shows the Ohio Department of Health’s public emergency rating of each Ohio county as of Thursday. The ODH has designated counties rated as level 1 public emergencies as yellow; counties ranked as level 2 public emergencies, which represent increased exposure and spread, are orange; and counties ranked as level 3 public emergencies, which represent very high exposure and spread, are red. Counties marked with an “H” have high case incidences. Counties marked with an asterisk ( ) indicate counties on the level 4 watch list.
Graphic courtesy of the Ohio Department of Health