Doctors: Sudden rise in COVID-19 cases locally 'alarming' - WLWT Cincinnati

“In the last week or so, we’ve seen a dramatic uptick in the number of cases being diagnosed in the Cincinnati area,” said Medical Director for Infectious Diseases at Tri-Health Hospitals Dr.

“The number of people getting infected is going up and it’s starting to get into our older population again and that’s where we start seeing the mortality,” Blatt said.

Beck said the sheer number of cases are enough for concern.

In fact, some of the numbers that we’re seeing on a day to day basis are records,” Beck said.