By: 1808Delaware Staff
According to the Delaware General Health District, as of Saturday, May 2 there are currently 135 confirmed and 38 probable cases of COVID-19 in the District, up a cumulative total of 3 since Friday.
There are currently 18,537 confirmed cases in Ohio, along with 3,712 hospitalizations and 1,021 confirmed deaths.
Local numbers are posted each day at 1:30 PM on DelawareHealth.org/covid-19, and Ohio numbers at 2:00 P.M. at coronavirus.ohio.gov.
The Delaware General Health District’s Disease Detectives will now release Delaware County details every Friday. These reports drill down the COVID-19 numbers into charts and tables to give you the best information to make important choices.
In the most recent edition, which can be accessed here, cases are broken down by age group, race, ethnicity, symptom onset date, location, hospital and provider visits, and more.
On Saturday, the District joined with The Inn at Bear Trail and The Inn at Olentangy Trail to identify ways to protect the health of long-term residents at those facilities.
According to a joint statement issued by the entities,
“With guidance from federal and state protocols, the Health District and The Inns are continuing to work together to make sure facility staff and residents are properly protected, including meeting their crucial PPE needs. The Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with Health District emergency response coordinators, distribute PPE to local facilities when they request it through the Health District’s regular burn rate survey. This survey is a support tool that allows for facilities to best plan and optimize the use of PPE for their response.
“This is not an ‘us against them’ situation,” Health Commissioner Shelia Hiddleson said. “This is a team effort from both the facilities’ standpoint and the Health District’s. The end goal for both entities is to strategize, implement and secure the safest plan possible in the protection against this infectious virus.”
“This is a new virus and we’re all treading through new waters in terms of the best way to protect our most vulnerable population and their unique heathcare needs,” said Carrie Kuhr, Senior Executive Director at The Inn at Bear Trail and The Inn at Olentangy Trail. “These residents are our family and we are doing our best to meet their needs and our staff’s needs — all while learning how to execute the best public health plan possible.”
