Lorain County Coronavirus Threat Upgraded To 'Red' Again
AVON LAKE, OH — Lorain County's COVID-19 threat has been upgraded to "red" by the Ohio Department of Health.
A "red" classification is the second-most severe classification assigned to Ohio counties. "Red" counties have "very high exposure and spread" of the virus locally. Lorain County is not currently a high-incident county.
"Social gatherings and family get-togethers are fostering the spread," Gov. Mike DeWine said. He specifically said sleepovers and other gatherings are spreading the virurs.
Ohio's COVID-19 metrics have been surging over the past two weeks. The Buckeye State broke its own record for new COVID-19 cases confirmed in a single day on Thursday (2,425 new cases).
Currently, 38 counties in Ohio are now classified as "red." This is the most "red" counties in Ohio since the beginning of the pandemic. One of Lorain's neighboring counties, Cuyahoga, is also on the watch list (meaning it could become the first Ohio county to be classified as "purple").
DeWine said nearly 75 percent of Ohioans are now living in "red" counties.
We now only have four counties that are yellow. This is the highest number of red counties and the lowest number of yellow counties to date. That means that 74% of Ohioans are living in a red county. Only 1% are living in a yellow county. pic.twitter.com/5VVd3D26Lt
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) October 22, 2020
This article originally appeared on the Avon-Avon Lake Patch
