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Originally Posted by The Gazette
As most Villagers know, The Villages spans through three different counties. Here are the number of new COVID cases as of Aug. 17, according to the CDC website. In Lake County, there have been about 293 new cases over the last week. About 17 of those cases were admitted to the hospital, and no deaths
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The CDC website states the following:
"How are COVID-19 Community Levels calculated?
Note: The COVID-19 Community Level and associated metrics presented above are updated weekly on Thursday and may differ from the values for the same metrics presented below, which are updated daily."
The numbers that you reported are a week old. To get the latest weekly numbers, it is best to check the CDC website on early Friday mornings. On Friday (8/18) morning, Lake County's numbers were only 192 cases per 100k; a week ago, they were at 293.