On Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that the state saw its biggest spike in COVID-19 cases since April and that statement still holds on Friday.

However, numbers in the Valley have not seen any drastic spikes. And Dr. Dee Banks with the Northeast Ohio Infectious Disease Associates, whose group practice works at all Valley hospitals in the tri-county area, said they have actually seen fewer coronavirus patients. But, she stresses that this doesn't mean people can put their guards down.

"Having things open is a luxury for us," said Dr. Banks.

As Texas, Florida and a few other states deal with a spike in coronavirus cases and revisit their reopenings, she fears it's a forewarning of what's to come in Ohio.

"Let's face it we've seen the pictures of absolute utter disregard for social distancing, the absolute utter disregard," said Banks.

She says while locally, hospitals aren't seeing the cases they were two months ago that doesn't mean the virus isn't out there.

"The virus is still there. The patients maybe a little less sick but because this is a new virus we don't know where that's going. Maybe this is just a lull in the virulence of the disease and maybe we will get back to it being more virulent like we saw before, but who wants to go back there?" questioned Banks.

So, she's encouraging people to still wear masks, keep their distance and protect one another.

"It's still here. We still have to remember that it's still here and just because Governor Dewine opened the restaurants and bars, they can be shut down just as quickly," said Banks.