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TESTING COULD POTENTIALLY HELP. MAYOR JON CRANLEY SAYING THE BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER. >> NOT ONLY HAVE WE NOT WON, IT'S STILL GETTING WORSE HERE IN CINCINNATI. SIG DAUNTLY WORSE, ACTUALLY. REPORTER: HE SAID THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES IN THE CITY IS GOING UP AT A FASTER RATE THAN JUST WEEKS AGO. 60 POSITIVE TESTS REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE BIGGEST JUMP WE'VE SEEN. TODAY ANOTHER 25 CASES. BRING ING THE TOTAL TO 381 CASES. THE TIMING OF THIS SUDDEN SPIKE ALARMING. >> YES IT MAKES ME NERVOUS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING UP AND TALKING ABOUT REOPENING THE ECONOMY. REPORTER: HE THE MAYOR SAYS HE'S OPTIMISTIC AND RAVERPING UP TRACE. >> WHICH IS TO SIMPLY MONITOR CLOSE CONTACTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INFECTED AND TO NOTIFY THEM OF THEIR EXPOSUR REPORTER: PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS WILL TALK TO PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE TO HELP THEM RECALL WHO THEY'VE HAD CONTACT WITH. >> IF CLOSE CONTACTS ARE ABLE TO SELF-ISOLATE IN THEIR HOMES THIS IS A WAY TO LIMIT EXPOSURE TO OTHERS IF THEY ARE CARRIERS. REPORTER: THE MAYOR SAYS HE'S ENCOURAGED BY THESE EFFORTS. >> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A RADICAL ORDER ON MONDAY. SCHOOLS ARE STILL OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT BARS AND RESTAURANTS WILL BE IN THE FIRST WAVE OF REOPENING. REPORTER: THE MAYOR DID TALK TO GOVERNOR DEWINE ABOUT HIS CONCERN , THE GOVERNOR SAID THE STATE IS SEEING AN OVERALL DROP IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THAT'S THE DATA POINT THEY'RE USING TO JUSTIFY OPENING THE ECONOMY BACK

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Mayor John Cranley announced the biggest jump in coronavirus cases the city of Cincinnati has seen thus far. Thursday, 60 positive test results were reported, and Friday, another 25 cases were reported, bringing the total to 381 cases, according to Cincinnati Health Commissioner Melba Moore. "Not only have we not won, it's still getting worse here in Cincinnati, significantly worse actually," Cranley said.He said the number of COVID-19 cases in the city is going up at a faster rate than just weeks ago.The timing of this sudden spike is not ideal."Yes, it makes me nervous that we're still going up and we're talking about reopening the economy," Cranley said.The mayor said he is optimistic about ramping up testing and the use of contact tracing."Which is simply to monitor close contacts of individuals who are infected and to notify them of their exposure," Commissioner Moore said.Public health workers will talk to people who tested positive, helping them recall every person they might have had close contact with."If close contacts are able to self-isolate in their home, this reduces exposure they can provide to others if they are asymptomatic carriers," Moore said.Despite his reservations, the mayor says he is encouraged by these efforts."It's not going to be a radical order on Monday, schools are still out for the rest of the year, it's extremely unlikely bars and restaurants will be in the first wave of reopening," Cranley said.Cranley said he did talk to Gov. DeWine about his concerns. He said the state has seen a drop in overall hospitalizations and that is the data point it is using justify opening the economy moving forward.