Coronavirus: Weekly cases slightly increase in Clark, Champaign schools

Beckitt Bostick, a second grade teacher at Perrin Woods Elementary, helps a student find the correct page in a work book last month. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

Beckitt Bostick, a second grade teacher at Perrin Woods Elementary, helps a student find the correct page in a work book last month. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

New coronavirus cases slightly increased in Clark and Champaign school districts, officials said.

Eight Clark County and three Champaign County school districts reported new cases of COVID-19 last week, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s school district dashboard’s latest update.

In total, 96 student and staff cases were reported Thursday for the week of Feb. 7-13. In comparison, 76 cases were reported among local school districts the previous week.

There were 85 cases reported in Clark County and 11 cases reported in Champaign County schools.

The schools and districts that reported student and staff cases are:

Catholic Central: 4 students, 2 staff

Clark-Shawnee: 19 student, 2 staff

Emmanuel Christian: 1 student

Graham: 4 students

Greenon: 12 student, 4 staff

Mechanicsburg: 1 students, 1 staff

Northeastern: 24 students, 3 staff

Southeastern: 2 students

Springfield: 1 staff

Tecumseh: 8 students, 3 staff

Urbana: 5 students

Cases reported on the school dashboard lag one week, meaning those reported Thursday were from Feb. 7-13.

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 new and cumulative categories. The board is updated Thursdays.

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