The Cincinnati region now has seen more than 188,000 cases, with seven of its most populous counties remaining at \
The rate of new COVID-19 cases in the Cincinnati region last week was the lowest since early November, when infections rocketed up before hitting a pandemic high in early December. Exposures linked to the Christmas holiday drove cases up again but have kept falling since then, an Enquirer analysis of Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracking project shows. Meanwhile, the region neared 1,400 deaths last week. Using a multiplier developed by researchers at three North American universities, another 12,300 people (the children, grandchildren, parents and siblings of the dead) have been touched by the pandemic. See chart below for county details. As of Saturday, the region had 188,000 cases, up 3.0% from the week earlier. The increase was the fifth week of a single-digit rise in cases after 11 weeks of double-digit jumps. Stay informed: What to know about COVID-19 variants now in Ohio, Northern Kentucky Put another way,188,000 positive tests mean that one in 12 residents of the 2.
