Hamilton County Public Health

Hamilton County has been seeing roughly 143 cases per day. Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman says this is a far cry from what was seen during the omicron surge.

Hamilton County Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman says the CDC is reporting 85% of all COVID cases are the BA.2 variant and that it's probably the same case for cases in the region. However, he notes current trends locally are going in the right direction.

The county is averaging 74 cases per day. In just the past week, the county's confirmed 543 new cases. Commissioner Denise Driehaus says this is half of what was seen a couple of weeks ago.

Hamilton County is averaging 680 cases per day, nearly half of last week's average.

"We are still inundating our hospitals with people with COVID-19 and so caution still continues to be needed," Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman said.

"I do think that we need to just continue - as boring as it may sound - continue to emphasize the basics," Cincinnati Children's CEO Dr. Steve Davis said. "Get every kid 5 and over vaccinated if possible; have everybody wear masks indoors; and then I would say the balance of risk is better for them to be in school than it is for them to not."

"Omicron, how contagious it is, is just stunning and frightening," UC Health President and CEO Dr. Richard Lofgren says. "It truly doubles the cases every two to three days."

In the past seven days, Hamilton County has averaged more than 513 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.

Cincinnati Health Commissioner Melba Moore says only one case has been seen in Cincinnati. She urges the community to continue wearing masks, get vaccinated and get tested.

Hamilton County is averaging slightly more than 294 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. Sixteen people died from the virus in the last seven days.