After reported new cases of COVID-19 in Clinton County spiked in August and September with numbers not seen since last winter, new cases are trending back down the last few weeks — especially in the past week.
The State of Ohio also reports that, since the pandemic began, Clinton County has had a total of 5,584 cases with 222 hospitalizations and 87 deaths.
Ohio has reported a cumulative total of 1,439,490 cases of COVID-19, with 74,283 hospitalizations (including 9,588 ICU admissions) and 22,490 deaths statewide.
About 53 percent of COVID victims are women and 46 percent men (with gender not reported in less than 1 percent of cases). The median age is 39, the state reports, with an age range of under age 1 to 111.
New cases reported weekly for Clinton County, according to coronavirus.ohio.gov on Wednesday morning:
Sept. 30-Oct. 6 — 93 cases
Sept. 23-Sept. 29 — 172 cases; 1 death
Sept. 16-Sept. 22 — 194 cases; 2 deaths
Sept. 9-Sept. 15 — 208 cases
Sept. 2-Sept. 8 — 248 cases; 4 deaths
Aug. 26-Sept. 1 — 237 cases; 2 death
Aug. 19-Aug. 25 — 168 cases; 6 deaths
Aug. 12-Aug. 18 — 163 cases; 2 deaths
Aug. 5-Aug. 11 — 105 cases
July 29-Aug. 4 — 49 cases; 1 death
July 22-28 — 49 cases; 1 death
July 15-21 — 27 cases; 1 death
July 8-14 — 20 cases
July 1-7 — 17 cases
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Monthly totals
(new cases)
2021
September — 910 cases; 9 deaths
August — 665 cases; 9 deaths
July — 124 cases; 3 deaths
June — 41 cases; 0 deaths
May — 81 cases; 2 deaths
April — 151 cases; 4 deaths
March — 139 cases; 2 deaths
February — 288 cases; 3 deaths
January — 660 cases; 10 deaths
2020
December 2020 — 987 cases; 30 deaths
November 2020 — 795; 5 deaths
October 2020 — 333; 2 deaths
September 2020 — 77; 2 deaths
August 2020 — 95 cases; 2 deaths
July 2020 — 95 cases; 3 deaths
June 2020 — 23 cases; 0 deaths
May 2020 — 16 cases; 1 death
April 2020 — 19 cases; 0 deaths
March 2020 — 14 cases; 0 deaths
Drive-thru vaxx
The next Clinton County Health District Drive-Thru COVID & Flu Vaccination Clinic will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 13 in the parking lot of the former campus of Southern State Community College at 1850 Davids Drive; scheduling will begin this Thursday. Oct. 7.
Individuals should pre-register for a vaccination time slot at https://bookclintonvax.timetap.com/#/ .
The CCHD reported Tuesday that all 180 time slots had been booked for the Wednesday, Oct. 6 drive-through vaccination clinic.