What are COVID-19 positivity rates for northern Ohio counties? Here are the CDC numbers

Emily Mills, Akron Beacon Journal
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What percentage of COVID-19 tests are coming back positive in northern Ohio?

Many of the counties in northern Ohio have COVID-19 positivity rates between 20% and 35%, with the state's rate at nearly 30%.

The positivity rate is the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive out of all COVID-19 tests given.

Ohio's seven-day moving average positivity rate is 29% as of Jan. 5, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health.

Near the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization recommended the positivity rate should be 5% or lower for at least 14 days before governments considered reopening.

A drive-up COVID-19 testing site behind the corporate offices of Summa Health on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Akron.
A drive-up COVID-19 testing site behind the corporate offices of Summa Health on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Akron.

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Here are the seven-day positivity rates for selected northern Ohio counties, from highest to lowest, as of Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• Medina: 33.78%

• Cuyahoga: 33.26%

• Portage: 32.57%

• Summit: 31.51%

• Stark: 27.49%

• Wayne: 25.87%

• Ottawa: 25.67%

• Richland: 25.4%

• Ashland: 23.57%

• Sandusky: 22.78%

• Crawford: 22.3%

• Tuscarawas: 20.53%

To check the rate for any county in the country, visit covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker, click on "Your Community," then "County View" on the left of the screen, then select the state and county, and scroll down to view "% Positivity."

Contact Beacon Journal reporter Emily Mills at emills@thebeaconjournal.com and on Twitter @EmilyMills818.

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