77 active COVID cases Wednesday Posted on April 29, 2021 0 Wednesday, Wyandot County Public Health reported 77 active cases of COVID-19 in Wyandot County. The cumulative case count since March 2020 is 2,301. This includes 1,770 lab-confirmed cases, 493 probable cases and 38 suspect cases based on positive antibody tests. There are currently two patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with a cumulative count of 156 hospitalizations. Of the reported individuals there have been 53 deaths and 2,171 patients have completed their isolation period. Wyandot County currently is at a level three (red) on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System. At level three, there is very high exposure and spread and county residents are asked to limit activities as much as possible. A COVID-19 vaccine clinic is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds dining hall. The clinics are open to anyone age 18 or older who would like to receive the Moderna vaccine. View the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine dashboard at coronavirus.ohio.gov. Wednesday, the Ohio Department of Health reported 1,068,985 confirmed and probable cases, 56,145 hospitalizations and 19,188 deaths in Ohio. For additional statewide case information, download the COVID Summary data spreadsheet at coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/COVIDSummaryData.csv. The Ohio Department of Health has created a dashboard which provides both local and regional data at coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home/dashboard. Antibody testing currently is available to the public. As Wyandot County Public Health receives the results of these tests, it will be reported using specific criteria. If the patient received a positive antibody test and had been in close contact with a lab-confirmed case, linked to a community outbreak or exhibited symptoms of COVID-19, the case will be labeled as probable.A positive antibody test result meeting none of these conditions will be considered a suspected case. For more information on antibody tests, visit cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html. Additional information is available at the ODH information line by calling 833-4-ASK-ODH and at the CDC’s website cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/.
