After Lyme disease cases doubled in 2025, Geauga Public Health is urging residents to take precautions as tick activity increases across the region.
After Lyme disease cases doubled in 2025, Geauga Public Health is urging residents to take precautions as tick activity increases across the region. While GPH does not directly track tick populations, officials monitor cases of Lyme disease — an infection transmitted from ticks — as an indicator, said Director of Environmental Health Dan Lark. Confirmed Lyme disease cases rose sharply in 2025, with 33 cases reported in Geauga County, up from 13 in 2024, according to GPH data. “Geauga averages around seven or eight cases a year,” Lark said. There have been no confirmed Lyme disease cases so far in...
