Cuyahoga County health commissioner urges against New Year's Eve gatherings, especially for the unvaccinated, as local Covid numbers surge
University Hospitals has recently seen a record number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients
“Cuyahoga County is experiencing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases and our medical systems are sadly suffering the effects. Over the last 7 days, our case rate has been over 17 times the CDC threshold for high transmission and our positivity rate has reached 34%," he said in a statement."These are historic highs for our community since the start of the pandemic. We are off the charts, even when compared to our brutal COVID-19 winter surge in 2020.
In the last seven days, Cuyahoga ranks 9th worst nationally for daily Covid cases, 13th worst for Covid hospitalization rates, and 12th worst for daily deaths.
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