{"id":134138,"date":"2020-08-18T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134138"},"modified":"2020-08-18T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:44:11","slug":"county-now-reports-69-cases-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/08\/18\/county-now-reports-69-cases-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"County now reports 69 cases of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Tuesday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports a total of 69 confirmed cases of Covid-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two new cases are between the ages of 30-39 and 60-69 years. Currently, three of the confirmed cases are active, while 64 cases have recovered, two people are currently hospitalized, and two deaths have been reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County General Health District has been fortunate to have a low number of cases at this point. Beginning Thursday, August 20, the health department will be releasing numbers on a weekly basis. Daily updates including total cases, confirmed cases, and probable cases can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>. If the situation changes, the health department may go back to a more frequent update. Other important information will be released when it occurs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Covid-19, contact the Van Wert County General Health District at 419.238.0808. For information on Covid-19, including ways to prepare and help protect the people\u2019s health, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.ohio.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call 833.427.5634. Information and resources are also available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronavirus.gov\/\">www.coronavirus.gov<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-18-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-18-2020.png 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-18-2020-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Covid-19-Update-August-18-2020-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information As of Tuesday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports a total of 69 confirmed cases of Covid-19.&nbsp; The two new cases are between the ages of 30-39 and 60-69 years. Currently, three of the confirmed cases are active, while 64 cases have recovered, two people are currently hospitalized, and two [&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-134138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 05:54:22","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\/134138","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=134138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}