Ohio COVID-19 cases top 80,000, Butler County drops to Level 2 orange

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) - The number of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases has topped 80,000. Another 1,444 cases reported in the previous 24 hours.

Another 21 have died, bringing that total to 3,256. 104 more people went to the hospital, with another 17 admitted to the ICU.

The Ohio Department of Health reports 55,702 Ohioans have recovered from the virus.

Tri-State counties:

Hamilton 8,203 cases, 224 deaths, 859 hospitalizations
Butler 2,269 cases. 53 deaths, 275 hospitalizations
Warren 1,326 cases, 28 deaths, 122 hospitalizations
Clermont 689 cases, 9 deaths, 68 hospitalizations
Clinton 120 cases, 4 deaths, 19 hospitalizations
Highland 87 cases, 1 death, 13 hospitalizations
Brown 76 cases, 1 death, 9 hospitalizations
Adams 40 cases, 2 deaths, 3 hospitalizations
Butler County was moved down to orange in the state's Public Health Advisory System. It had been red. However, DeWine said Butler County was still hovering close to the indicators which would put it into the red category.

"These are indicators, it's like a warning, it is like an alarm that's going off that says hey, this is where your county is. The trend lines are not going in the right direction."

Hamilton and Clermont counties remain at Level 3 (red).

The agent-in-charge from the Ohio Investigative Unit briefed DeWine on enforcement of COVID-19 orders in bars. She said the majority of bars are complying with the orders but there are a few that were not following social distancing orders, had people standing shoulder-to-shoulder, and were basically running their businesses like they were in February. She said nine businesses have received 11 violation notices. She did not identify the businesses but DeWine said outbreaks were connected to bars in Cleveland, Columbus, Athens and a few counties in other parts of the states.

DeWine said travel to hot spots in other states, family pool parties and sleepovers have contributed to outbreaks. He said in one case a nursing home employee came back from Texas and went to work with a headache. More than 30 residents were then diagnosed with COVID-19.

Fifty-three cases in Henry County were traced back to a "Name that Tune" event at a winery.

The Red Cross tested blood, plasma and platelets from donors between June 15 and July 18 for COVID-19 antibodies. 436 donors out of 33,538 tested positive, which is a 1.3% positivity rate. That's comparable to national numbers from the Red Cross.