Loveland, Ohio – At the beginning of each week, the Loveland City School District releases their latest Covid 19 Dashboard. Here are the last four.
Tag: COVID 19 cases
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Level of Community Transmission in Hamilton County moves to “High”
Loveland, Ohio – The tracking system of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now moved Hamilton County, Ohio to the highest level of warning for the transmission of COVID 19.
Clermont and Warren Counties remain in the “High” rate of transmission range.
https://lovelandmagazine.com/its-vaccination-info-wednesday/
How do levels of community transmission affect schools?
UPDATE: Given new evidence on the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, CDC has updated the guidance for fully vaccinated people. CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. Children should return to full-time in-person learning in the fall with layered prevention strategies in place.CDC Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools
Updated Aug. 5, 2021
Key Takeaways
- Students benefit from in-person learning, and safely returning to in-person instruction in the fall 2021 is a priority.
- Vaccination is the leading public health prevention strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Promoting vaccination can help schools safely return to in-person learning as well as extracurricular activities and sports.
- Due to the circulating and highly contagious Delta variant, CDC recommends universal indoor masking by all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.
- In addition to universal indoor masking, CDC recommends schools maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students within classrooms to reduce transmission risk. When it is not possible to maintain a physical distance of at least 3 feet, such as when schools cannot fully re-open while maintaining these distances, it is especially important to layer multiple other prevention strategies, such as screening testing.
- Screening testing, ventilation, handwashing and respiratory etiquette, staying home when sick and getting tested, contact tracing in combination with quarantine and isolation, and cleaning and disinfection are also important layers of prevention to keep schools safe.
- Students, teachers, and staff should stay home when they have signs of any infectious illness and be referred to their healthcare provider for testing and care.
- Many schools serve children under the age of 12 who are not eligible for vaccination at this time. Therefore, this guidance emphasizes implementing layered prevention strategies (e.g., using multiple prevention strategies together consistently) to protect students, teachers, staff, visitors, and other members of their households and support in-person learning.
- Localities should monitor community transmission, vaccination coverage, screening testing, and occurrence of outbreaks to guide decisions on the level of layered prevention strategies (e.g., physical distancing, screening testing).
Summary of Recent Changes
Updates as of August 4, 2021
- Updated to recommend universal indoor masking for all students, staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.
- Added recommendation for fully vaccinated people who have a known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to be tested 3-5 days after exposure, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
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Increase in COVID 19 cases and variant spread
“We can win this race as long as we don’t falter; as long as we press on with consistent masking and vaccination.” – Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, chief medical officer at the Ohio Department of Health
Loveland, Ohio – For the past two Thursdays, Ohio’s statewide average was just under 150 cases per 100,000 population. The two-week case rate has now risen to 167.1 cases per 100,000. New cases had been relatively flat through the month of March, but cases are beginning to increase once again, which demonstrates the necessity that Ohioans choose to be vaccinated. To date, nearly 30 percent of Ohioans have received at least one dose of vaccine.
According to Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, chief medical officer at the Ohio Department of Health, variant activity continues to rise, closely mirroring what is occurring in the rest of the nation. Michigan is currently experiencing an increase in cases that is more than 3.5 times what Ohio is seeing, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this increase appears to be driven substantially by variants. Most of Ohio’s rising case numbers and variant cases are happening in the area of the state bordering Michigan.
“Ohio remains in a race against a virus that is now more contagious and right back on our heels,” said Dr. Vanderhoff. “We can win this race as long as we don’t falter; as long as we press on with consistent masking and vaccination, especially in light of this week’s important and encouraging research out of the CDC confirming that the vaccines are powerful protection against COVID-19 and its variants.”
Governor DeWine announced today that as Ohio continues to receive increases in its vaccine allotment, the state will allot more doses to areas that are seeing case spikes or increases in vaccine demand.
OHIO PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY SYSTEM
New health data compiled by the Ohio Department of Health shows case increases in 56 counties over the past week, however, because there are not yet significant increases in healthcare utilization at the county level, most counties stayed at the same level this week.
Level changes include:
- Van Wert County moved from yellow to orange.
- Auglaize, Paulding and Scioto moved from red to orange.
- Carroll, Mercer, and Morgan counties moved from orange to yellow.
- Clinton County dropped from red to yellow.
CASE DATA/VACCINE INFORMATION
In-depth COVID-19 data for Ohio: coronavirus.ohio.gov.
Ohio’s central scheduling system: gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov
Ohio mass vaccination information: coronavirus.ohio.gov/massvaccinationclinics
All vaccine providers: vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov
More vaccine information: coronavirus.ohio.gov/vaccine
Video of today’s full update, including versions with foreign language translation, can be viewed on the Ohio Channel’s YouTube page.
For more information on Ohio’s response to COVID-19, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH.
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7 new COVID 19 cases in the Loveland District
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District said today that there have been 7 new COVID 19 cases in the District. Yesterday the District reported 14 new positive cases. The District did not release any information on the number of quarantines.
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Elementary School, last at school on 12/3/20;
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Intermediate School, last at school on 12/3/20;
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Intermediate School, last at school on 12/3/20;
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Intermediate School, last at school on 12/4/20;
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Middle School, last at school on 12/3/30
- On 12/8/20, a student at Loveland Middle School, last at school on 12/4/20; and
- On 12/8/20, a teaching staff member at Loveland High School, last at school on 12/3/20.
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COVID-19 Positive Cases in Loveland Schools
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland School District sends notification when positive COVID 19 cases are reported to District officials. They only release quarantine numbers on Fridays.
In the evening of Wednesday, 10/21/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Saturday, 10/17/20.
On Thursday, 10/22/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Monday, 10/19/20.
On Thursday, 10/22/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland Middle School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Tuesday, 10/20/20.
On Friday, 10/23/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Tuesday, 10/20/20.
On Friday, 10/23/20, the district was notified that one non-teaching staff member at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This staff member was last present at school on Tuesday, 10/20/20.
On the evening of Friday 10/23/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Monday, 10/19/20.
On Tuesday, 10/27/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Thursday, 10/22/20.
On Wednesday 10/28/20, the district was notified that one student at Loveland Middle School tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last present at school on Tuesday, 10/27/20.
On Wednesday, 10/28/20, the district was notified that two students at Loveland High School tested positive for COVID-19. One student was last at school on Wednesday, 10/21/20, and the other on Thursday, 10/22/20.
Below is the last COVID 19 Dashboard published by the District. It was published on Friday, October 23. The District will not release another Dashboard until this Friday afternoon. (Right Click to open in a new tab to see a larger view)
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Cumulative cases of COVID 19 at Loveland Health Care go from 60 to 85
Loveland, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Health released new data for COVID 19 cases at the Loveland Health Care Center (LHCC) today revealing
the total cumulative cases of COVID 19 at LHCC went from 60 to 85 in the past week. The health department releases data each Wednesday.The numbers Loveland Magazine reported yesterday which was from the previous week’s report was 37 residents and 11 staff members with COVID 19 at LHCC. The cumulative case report revealed 39 residents and 21 staff members have had the virus. That was a total 60 of cumulative cases.
Today’s report is 4 residents and 0 staff members with COVID 19 at LHCC, however, today’s cumulative case report reveals 64 residents and 21 staff members have had the virus. That total is 85 cumulative cases.
LHCC is a 99-bed nursing home located at 501 North Second Street (St. Rt. 48) in Loveland.
BACKGROUND
