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Seven new counties have been added to the highest level in Ohio’s Public Health Advisory Alert System as COVID-19 continues to wreck havoc in the state and worldwide.

Five of those counties are in Northeast Ohio, bringing a total of seven that are now in Level 4 Purple, which is the most severe due to the highest exposure and spread.

From WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland:

Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark and Summit joined Lake and Lorain counties in the highest level of the color-coded map that determines coronavirus risk. The Ohio Department of Health released the latest data on Thursday during Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s news conference on COVID-19.

Cuyahoga County is still in red, but is now in danger of joining its surrounding counties of being in the purple level.

Franklin County moved back into Level 3 Red, yet Montgomery County is still in Level 4.

All of the counties in the state have met “the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for high incidence of COVID-19.”

Once a county is in the purple level, travel should only be necessary and residents should be at their residences as much as possible.

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Article Courtesy of WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland

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CORONAVIRUS: Medina, Portage, Stark and Summit County Now at Level 4 in Ohio’s Advisory Alert System  was originally published on wzakcleveland.com