(WJW) – Several Northeast Ohio counties are seeing a high spread of COVID-19 this week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new map Thursday that shows the community levels of coronavirus county-by-county.
Community levels are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.
The red counties include Huron, Lorain, Erie, Sandusky, Trumbull and Mahoning.
The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 12,262 new COVID-19 cases for the past week. Read more here.
According to the Ohio Hospital Association, 1,051 people are being treated for COVID in hospitals across the state. That’s up 28% in 4 weeks.
