Posted on 09/24/2020 7:35:46 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Nine Ohio counties are now under red alert in the state’s coronavirus advisory system, with Cuyahoga County continuing a step lower at orange for the the sixth consecutive week, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday.
The red counties because of growing or lingering COVID-19 spread include the addition of five this week - Ashland, Delaware, Pike, Scioto and Stark. Four others remain there from the previous week - Butler, Mercer, Montgomery and Putnam.
A week ago there were five red counties, the lowest number since DeWine introduced the four-level advisory system July 2.... Each county is graded on seven criteria. Meeting none or one of the criteria places a county on Level 1 yellow; two or three on Level 2 orange; four or five on Level 3 red; and six or seven on Level 4 purple. No county has ever been placed on purple alert....* 4. Emergency rooms - Alert triggered when there is an increase in visits for COVID-like symptoms or a diagnosis for five straight days at any point in the last three weeks.
* 5. Doctor visits - Alert triggered when there is an increase in out-patient visits resulting in confirmed cases or suspected diagnosis for COVID-19 for five straight days at any point in the last three weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
Are these Red Alert Counties all Blue (D)?
There’s a reason DeWine and Hustead were boo’d at Trump’s Rally in Vandalia Monday.
There’s only 75000 people total in Scioto county and the covid benchmark is 50 per 100,000. So, 37 test positives in the entire county gets them an alert sticker, and there’s a state college there with people starting to show up. How many hospitalized for covid? Zero.
Seems like a statistical artifact to me.
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