Highland County’s COVID-19 case rate stood at 551.4 cases per 100,000 in population over the previous two weeks, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Coronavirus Dashboard, which was last updated Thursday. The case rate was above the state average of 255.8 cases per 100,000 in population over the same period and ranks the county 12th among the state’s 88 counties in terms of the highest case rates.
In other news, Highland County is currently seeing 6.4 new COVID-19 cases per day, which is about 15 cases per 100,000 in population, according to The New York Times COVID Tracker, which was last updated on Monday. The last time The Times-Gazette reported on COVID-19 data, which was on Feb. 14, The New York Times COVID Tracker said the county was seeing 17 new cases per day, about 39 cases per 100,000 in population.
Highland County schools saw 10 new COVID-19 cases from Feb. 7-13, according to the most recent data available from the Ohio Department of Health’s documentation on how each school in the county is faring with the virus during the 2021-22 school year.
The last time The Times-Gazette reported on COVID-19 cases in county schools was from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6 when the schools saw 66 new COVID-19 cases.
Following are the total number of COVID-19 cases each county school has had during the current school year as well as the number of new cases from Feb. 7-13:
* Bright Local Schools had no new student or staff cases. They have had 73 total student cases and 15 total staff cases this school year.
* Fairfield Local Schools had no new student or staff cases. They have had 87 total student cases and 24 total staff cases so far this year.
* Greenfield Exempted Village Schools had no new student or staff cases. They have had 267 total student cases and 62 total staff cases.
* The Highland County Board of DD had no new student or staff cases, and has had no total student or staff cases so far this school year.
* The Hillsboro Christian Academy Preschool had no new student or staff cases. It has had 25 total student cases and four total staff cases this school year.
* The Hillsboro Christian Academy Private School had no new student or staff cases. It has had four total student cases and three total staff cases this year.
* Hillsboro City Schools had no new student or staff cases. They have had 215 total student cases and 53 total staff cases this year.
* Lynchburg-Clay Local Schools had eight new student cases and one new staff case. They have had 81 total student cases and 21 total staff cases.
* St. Mary Catholic Preschool had no new student or staff cases. It has had no total student or staff cases so far this school year.
* St. Mary Catholic Private School had one new student case but no new staff cases. It has had 10 total student cases and two total staff cases so far this school year.
* Stonewall Academy had no new student or staff cases. It has had no total student or staff cases so far this school year.
In terms of vaccinations, Highland County is currently at 40.01 percent of the county’s residents that have started their vaccines, according to the ODH COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard which was last updated on Monday. The state average for starting vaccines is 61.71 percent.
In terms of completed vaccines, the state average is 57.02 percent, while the Highland County average is 36.82 percent.
The dashboard also said there have been 7,069 third doses administered in the county on or after Aug. 12, 2021, to people that were already fully vaccinated.
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