{"id":131451,"date":"2020-05-21T16:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131451"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:38:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:38:44","slug":"health-dept-confirms-5th-covid-19-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/21\/health-dept-confirms-5th-covid-19-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Dept. confirms 5th COVID-19 case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District is reporting a fifth&nbsp;confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county. The health department is currently working to notify anyone who may have been in contact with the confirmed case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/VW-County-Health-Dept.-logo-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85776\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first three confirmed cases in Van Wert County have recovered. There are currently no confirmed cases hospitalized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, Ohio reported 28,174 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 5,295 hospitalizations, and 1,653 confirmed deaths. This information is updated daily at 2 p.m. and can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">http:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As businesses and activities in Ohio continue to open, guidance for reopening can be found on the Health District website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwertcountyhealth.org\/\">www.vanwertcountyhealth.org<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>. People who have COVID-19 questions, concerns, or who need further guidance on opening requirements, can contact the health department at 419.238.0808.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on COVID-19, including ways to prepare and help protect one\u2019s health and that of others, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>&nbsp;or call 833.427.5634). Information and resources are also available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District is reporting a fifth&nbsp;confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county. The health department is currently working to notify anyone who may have been in contact with the confirmed case.&nbsp; The first three confirmed cases in Van Wert County have recovered. There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-07 22:22:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}