Wood County has recorded 169 new COVID cases, with 425 active cases today, and one more death.
The Bowling Green ZIP code areas saw a spike in the last week – reporting 151-155 active COVID cases.
The county is now up to 3,445 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 since March, according to the Thursday, Nov. 12, update from the Wood County Health Department. That is 169 new cases since Tuesday.
The 425 active cases today is 84 more than on Tuesday. Active cases are Wood County residents who are being monitored by the health department according to state and federal isolation criteria.
A total of 262 local residents have been hospitalized for the coronavirus, with seven more being hospitalized since Tuesday.
The county recorded one more death – a male in his 60s – bringing the total to 105 deaths from COVID. Of those, one person was in her 40s, three were in their 50s, 11 were in their 60s, 25 in their 70s, 45 in their 80s, and 20 in their 90s. Of the deaths, 59 have been females, and 46 have been males.
Of the total 3,445 cases in the county as of today, those with the virus ranged in age from 1 to 102, with the median age of 35. Of those testing positive, 1,804 were female, and 1,641 were male.
Cases involving BGSU students and staff who live in surrounding counties and commute are included in BGSU figures, but not Wood County’s total count.
Every Wednesday, the Wood County Health Department lists “active cases” by ZIP codes. As of this week, there were 25 areas in the county with active cases.
The Bowling Green ZIP codes areas had the most this week, with 151-155 active cases. Next is Perrysburg, with 131-135 active cases.
Northwood and Rossford areas both have 21-25 active cases, and Walbridge has 16-20 cases. The Pemberille area has 11-15 cases, while Millbury, North Baltimore, Wayne and Weston have 6-10 cases each.
Areas with 1 to 5 cases each include Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, Cygnet, Deshler, Fostoria, Genoa, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Jerry City, Luckey, Portage, Risingsun, Rudolph, and Tontogany.
The latest numbers reported for schools (week of Nov. 2) in the county include 19 students and 16 staff: Bowling Green, 3 staff; Eastwood, 1 student, 2 staff; Elmwood, 1 student, 2 staff; Lake, 2 staff; Northwood, 3 students; Penta Career Center, 6 students, 2 staff; Perrysburg, 5 students, 4 staff; Rossford, 2 students; and St. Rose, 1 student; Wood Lane, 1 staff.
Of the total 3,445 cases in Wood County, at least 427 have been in long-term care facilities – 249 were residents and 178 were staff. Those numbers from long-term care facilities are updated every Wednesday.
The following facilities have had cases, as of Nov. 11:
- SKLD Perrysburg: 50 residents, 10 staff.
- Kingston Residence of Perrysburg: 44 residents, 22 staff.
- Kingston Rehabilitation of Perrysburg: 12 residents, 33 staff.
- The Manor at Perrysburg: 28 residents, 14 staff.
- Heartland of Perrysburg: 31 residents, 17 staff.
- Otterbein Perrysburg: 6 residents, 18 staff.
- Otterbein Pemberville: 16 residents, 16 staff.
- Heritage Corner Health Care, Bowling Green: 14 residents, 10 staff.
- St. Clare Commons, Perrysburg: 1 resident, 6 staff.
- Grand Rapids Care Center: 1 resident, 2 staff.
- Briar Hill Health Campus, North Baltimore: 45 residents, 19 staff.
- Brookdale, Bowling Green: 0 residents, 1 staff.
- Wood Lane Residential Werner House: 1 resident, 1 staff.
- Wood Haven Health Care: 0 residents, 3 staff.
- Waterford at Levis Commons: 0 residents, 3 staff.
- Bowling Green Manor: 0 residents, 3 staff.
According to the Ohio Department of Health, at least 61 of Wood County’s 105 deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in long-term care facilities.
More detailed statistics about Wood County cases can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/wchdohio-coronavirus
