Avon Lake Coronavirus Update: 19 New Cases

AVON LAKE, OH — The Lorain County Public Health Department confirmed Avon Lake had 19 new COVID-19 cases last week, Mayor Greg Zilka announced.

Half of the new cases are among residents in their 20s. The city has not had new cases from any long-term care facilities. No Avon Lake residents have recently died because of complications caused by COVID-19.

The majority of Avon Lake's new cases are coming from "family gatherings where people are letting their guard down."

"This brings our total of cases up to 130 for the year. We need to observe social distancing and wear masks. If we hope to have schools open, hope to visit restaurants and other small businesses and have some semblance of normality, we need to be more observant of these basic rules," Zilka said.

This week, Lorain County was downgraded to a Level 2 or "orange" county for its COVID-19 spread.

Gov. Mike DeWine said the county was close to still being classified as Level 3 or "red," so residents should continue to follow social distancing requirements, wear masks and limit outside contact.

"Although Butler, Lorain, Summit, and Wood are seeing a slower increase in spread and are now at Orange Alert Level 2, they remain at the CDC's definition of moderately-high incidence of COVID-19," DeWine said.