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Coronavirus: New details on cases in Ohio school as Cincinnati area death toll passes 600

The Enquirer

Editor's note: An earlier version of the chart below incorrectly identified one of the schools as having positive test results for COVID-19. The school with the positive test results was St. Aloysius Education Center, not St. Aloysius Gonzaga.

In the 27 weeks since the Cincinnati region saw its first novel coronavirus cases, the disease has claimed the lives of more than 600 residents of the 15-county area. Three Southwest Ohio counties – Hamilton, Butler and Warren – continue to have per capita rates of new cases that indicate community spread of the coronavirus.

The United States now has nearly 6.7 million cases of the novel coronavirus and soon will have 198,000 deaths.

Here are 10 statistical milestones closer to home:

  1. The Cincinnati region will surpass 28,000 positive cases on Friday.
  2. Ohio officials revealed their list of primary and secondary schools with COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday. The state's reported number was lower than The Enquirer's ongoing tracking of local school cases, which stood Thursday at 120 in 47 different buildings or districts across the region. Local colleges and universities reported 1,770 cases as of Thursday, continuing to rise from roughly 1,300 last week. Positive rates now are spiking around the University of Cincinnati, Hamilton County officials said Wednesday.
  3. Butler County was on the state's weekly list of "red" counties for coronavirus spread for the third straight week. The county's cases continued to rise, nearing 5,500 on Thursday. The county's death toll also rose and is nearing 100. 
  4. Hamilton County this week passed 300 deaths from the virus. The county's rate of COVID-19 cases continues to remain just over 100 per 100,000 residents, a red flag for federal officials.
  5. Warren County surpassed 2,800 positive cases this week, as well as recording its 48th death. For the third straight week, the county's per capita rate of new cases is more than 100 per 100,000 residents, that CDC warning flag for community spread.
  6. Kentucky is nearing 1,100 deaths after passing 1,000 last week. It is nearing 60,000 cases. 
  7. Ohio surpassed 141,000 cases this week.
  8. Clermont County surpassed 1,400 this week, as well as recording its 18th death.
  9. Northern Kentucky is nearing 4,500 cases (includes seven counties: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton).
  10. Combined, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana now have had more than 5.6 million tests administered, 310,000 positive cases and 8,900 deaths.