Noble sees COVID increase, other area counties down
Noble County was the only area county to see an increase in the rate of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks, as the state average dropped. According to the most recent numbers from the Ohio Department of Health, there were 408.6 new cases per 100,000 people statewide from July 28 to Aug. 10, down from 441.6 from July 21 to Aug. 3. Noble County had the highest rate in the area at 547.7 per 100,000, 19th highest in the state. That’s the result of 79 new cases in the last two weeks among the county’s 14,424 residents. For the previous period, Noble County was 66th in the state ...