COVID Cases On Decline In Lake

    Hope that the worst of the current COVID 19 pandemic wave is over grew this week, as Lake County reported a decline in new cases for the third week in a row. Data indicated Lake County posted 1,464 new cases in the week running from September 17-24, a decline of 275 from the week previous, and a decline of 784 from two weeks ago.
   Data from the Centers for Disease Control on Monday indicated Lake County has had a total of 50,713 positive COVID cases, and 1,028 deaths from the virus.
   Lake County Schools continues to track cases, and closed out last week with continued declines of its own. No schools in its ‘red’ category, which is identified as schools with 5% or greater positivity among students and staff undertaking testing. Previous hotbeds of cases, Umatilla High School (1.4%), Umatilla Middle School (.64%) and Umatilla Elementary School (1.2%), have all been moved into the county’s ‘green’ zone. In fact, only Tavares Elementary School, a 3.62%, is outside the green zone, in an area defined as ‘yellow’.