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Case Increases & Ohio Public Health Advisory System, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, Condensed Health Order, High School Vaccinations, & Case Data/Vaccine Information
April 9, 2021
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Case Increases & Ohio Public Health Advisory System Update
This has been the second week where the cases over two weeks per 100,000 people have gone up by more than 10. Two weeks ago, Ohio's cases per 100,000 people were 146.9. Today, case per 100,000 people is at 183.7.
The increases in case rates are reflected in this week’s Ohio Public Health Advisory System map. New health data compiled by the Ohio Department of Health shows case increases in 53 counties over the past week.
Level changes include:
- Franklin County moved to the watch list following sustained increases in cases and in COVID-related health care use including emergency department and outpatient visits and hospitalizations for COVID.
- Putnam County moved from orange to red.
- Carroll, Mercer, and Morgan counties moved from yellow to orange.
- Brown and Noble counties dropped from orange to yellow.
According to Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, chief medical officer at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Ohio and the nation are enduring another wave of COVID-19 due to variants of the original virus that are more contagious and more deadly. Variant counts in Ohio jumped from 92 on March 12 to 797 today, a doubling time of about every 9-10 days.
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Although COVID-19 has historically affected older Ohioans, children are not immune to getting sick with coronavirus, and in some rare cases, kids can develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Since the start of the pandemic, 166 children have been treated for this syndrome.
According to Dr. Dustin Fleck, Chief of Rheumatology at Dayton Children’s Hospital, this syndrome is unique because it is not associated with an active COVID infection. Rather, symptoms usually develop 2-4 weeks after a child has a symptomatic or asymptomatic COVID infection.
The syndrome is characterized by fever and inflammation throughout the body, specifically targeting the heart. The syndrome can also target the gastrointestinal system, liver, lungs, kidneys, and brain. Parents should look for symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, swelling of hands and feet, and redness of eyes.
Dr. Fleck's full explanation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome is available on The Ohio Channel's YouTube page.
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High School Vaccinations
Governor DeWine announced that he has asked Ohio's local health departments and vaccine providers that are offering the Pfizer vaccine to coordinate with local high schools to offer vaccinations to high school students who are 16 or older. Pfizer is the only vaccine that is currently approved for children as young as 16.
Vaccination clinics will be offered at all higher education campuses in the coming weeks.
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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is leading Ohio’s pandemic response. If you have questions or concerns about their programs, please use the links below. SMBO will continue to share information from ODH as it is received.
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Trusted Resources
- State Medical Board of Ohio COVID-19 updates
- Board of Pharmacy updates
- State of Ohio's website
- Department of Health hotline
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization
- DEA
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