Coronavirus: Clark, Champaign school district cases drop below 100

Jennie Router loads a syringe with the COVID vaccine last week at the Clark County vaccine distribution center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

Jennie Router loads a syringe with the COVID vaccine last week at the Clark County vaccine distribution center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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Feb 1, 2021
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Thirteen Clark County and four Champaign County school districts reported new cases of COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19 school district dashboard’s latest update.

In total, 81 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, a decrease from last week’s total of 144 that was recorded from the week of Jan. 11-18.

ExploreSee school cases from last week

The school districts that reported student and staff cases are as follow:

Catholic Central: one student, one staff

Clark County ESC: one staff

Clark-Shawnee: one student, one staff

Emmanuel Christian Academy: four students

Global Impact STEM Academy: five students

Greenon: six students, two staff

Madison-Champaign County ESC: one student

Nightingale Montessori Inc.: one student

Northeastern: 10 students, one staff

Northwestern: three students, one staff

Southeastern: one student

Springfield: 13 students, nine staff

Springfield CTC: three students

Tecumseh: two students, one staff

Triad: two students

Urbana: six students, two staff

West Liberty-Salem: two students, one staff

Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported on Thursday were from the week of Jan. 19-25.

The dashboard tracks cases of COVID-19 in all public and private K-12 schools across the state. Data displayed on the board includes all student and staff cases broken into two categories: new and cumulative. The board is updated every Thursday.

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Brooke Spurlock covers education, crime and more in Clark and Champaign counties as a reporter for the Springfield News-Sun. She has been a writer for over six years, which includes her previous work as a breaking news desk investigator. Spurlock has her bachelor's in mass communications with a minor in psychology and her associates in paralegal.