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• COVID Update | Feb. 3, 2022

  By YS News StaffFebruary 9, 2022

  

  As COVID-19 case numbers remain at staggeringly high levels, Ohio’s top health official shared a “cautiously optimistic” message last week.

• COVID Update | Jan. 27, 2022

  By YS News StaffJanuary 27, 2022

  

  While COVID-19 case numbers continue to be historically high, there is some indication that Ohio is rounding a bend in the pandemic’s Omicron-variant-fueled surge.

• COVID Update | Jan. 20, 2022

  By YS News StaffJanuary 20, 2022

  

  The number of COVID-related Ohio deaths during the week of Jan. 9–15 reached a new weekly high at 850, compared to 625 the week before.

• COVID Update | Jan. 13, 2022

  By YS News StaffJanuary 13, 2022

  

  YS schools reported 13 positive cases, with seven among middle/high school students, four Mills Lawn students and two district staff.

• COVID-19 numbers surge

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 10, 2022

  

  The daily number of new COVID-19 cases seems to be exploding exponentially, with the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, reporting historically high figures for the pandemic across the state over the past week.

• COVID-19 Update — December 23, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 23, 2021

  

  Deaths in Ohio since the start of the pandemic surpassed 28,000 on Friday, Dec. 16. Deaths in the U.S. have exceeded 800,000, according to Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the director of the Ohio Department of Health.

• COVID-19 Update — December 16, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 22, 2021

  

  The Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, reported Saturday, Dec. 11, that the first two cases of the Omicron variant had been confirmed in Ohio.

• COVID-19 Update — November 18, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 11, 2021

  

  After more than a month charting a gradual decline in new COVID-19 case numbers, Ohio saw a slight rise last week, according to the most recent data from the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH.

• COVID-19 Update — December 9, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 9, 2021

  

  Greene County’s total of new cases reported for the week of Sunday, Nov. 28, through Saturday, Dec. 4, rose significantly, however, from the week before, with a total of 531 new cases, compared to the previous week’s total of 308.

• COVID-19 Update — November 11, 2021

  By YS News StaffNovember 11, 2021

  

  As anticipated, the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, last week recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 pediatric vaccine for children ages 5–11.