Coronavirus: Clark, Champaign school district cases drop below 70

Aaron Oakes, from Tecumseh High School, gets a COVID-19 vaccine injection at the Clark County Combined Health District's distribution Center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Aaron Oakes, from Tecumseh High School, gets a COVID-19 vaccine injection at the Clark County Combined Health District's distribution Center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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Feb 15, 2021
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Nine Clark County and one 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, 66 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, a decrease from last week’s total of 88 that was recorded from the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

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

Clark-Shawnee: two students

Greenon: 12 students, two staff

Mechanicsburg: two students

Northeastern: one student, two staff

Northwestern: six students, three staff

Ridgewood School: two students, one staff

Southeastern: one student

Springfield: nine students, 14 staff

Springfield Preparatory and Fitness Academy: one staff

Tecumseh: five students, three staff

Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported on Thursday were from the week of Feb. 2-8.

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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