Coronavirus: November Clark County’s deadliest COVID-19 month

The Clark County Combined Health District. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

The Clark County Combined Health District. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Clark County has seen its most COVID-19 deaths in the month of November, according to the county’s health commissioner.

Between Nov. 20 and Friday, 13 Clark County residents had died from the virus, Clark County Combined Health District Commissioner Charles Patterson said. That brings the month’s total to 46 COVID-19 deaths.

“We’ve had the most cases, the most hospitalizations and the most deaths in November than we’ve had since the beginning of the pandemic,” Patterson said.

The county’s previous record month was October, where the county saw 41 deaths.

Clark County had 5,637 cases, 133 deaths and five probable deaths of the coronavirus as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

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