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
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Feb 21, 2022
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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.

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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

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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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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.