Coronavirus: Clark, Champaign school district cases remain below 100

Twelve 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, 88 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, a slight increase from last week’s total of 81 that was recorded from the week of Jan. 19-25.

ExploreSee school cases from last week

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

Catholic Central: four students

Clark-Shawnee: four students, two staff

Emmanuel Christian Academy: three students

Global Impact STEM Academy: one student

Graham: two students

Greenon: 10 students, one staff

Northeastern: 10 students, five staff

Northwestern: three students

Southeastern: three students

Springfield Christian: one student

Springfield: 13 students, 10 staff

Springfield CTC: two students

Tecumseh: five students

Triad: one student

Urbana: three students

West Liberty-Salem: five students

Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported on Thursday were from the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

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

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.