CLEVELAND — On Friday, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and leaders of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health held a briefing with the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic in the county.
The news conference comes as Ohio continues to shatter the record for daily cases of coronavirus. On Friday, the Ohio Department of Health reported 3,845 new cases in the last 24 hours with 16 new deaths statewide.
Despite coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and trends in Ohio continuing to surge, Cuyahoga County didn't reach Level 4 “Purple” on the state’s Public Health Advisory System, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine revealed on Thursday. Instead, Cuyahoga County remains at Level 3 "Red."
Cuyahoga County had been labeled as Level 3 “Red” last week, but was one of three counties – including Clark County and Hamilton County – to be put on the watch list for Level 4, which denotes “severe spread and exposure of the coronavirus.”
In order to officially be labeled as Level 4 “Purple,” one must carry the necessary indicators for two consecutive weeks, with the first week being the one in which that county is placed on the Level 4 watch list.
Since being introduced in July, no county in the state has yet reached Level 4 “Purple” on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System. But while there has been some speculation as to what reaching Level 4 might mean for a given county, Gov. DeWine said he wasn’t yet ready to issue any orders for counties that find themselves labeled as “Purple.”
Currently, Cuyahoga County has hit four of the seven indicators which is why the county remains in the red zone.
