Ohio sees 6,088 new cases of coronavirus, 28 more deaths
Ohio reported 6,088 new coronavirus cases Sunday, marking the third straight day of declines in new cases and below the state’s three-week average of new cases.
Sunday’s new case total is about 2,300 cases fewer than the 8,374 that were reported by the Ohio Department of Health on Saturday and the 9,535 new cases reported Friday. The threeweek average for new cases is 7,346.
The number of new cases tends to drop on the weekends.
There have now been 777,065 coronavirus cases in Ohio, according to the state’s new data.
The state health department also reported 28 new coronavirus deaths
Sunday, which was about half of the 55 new deaths reported Saturday and well below the three-week daily average of 75 deaths.
To date, COVID-19 has cost 9,627 residents their lives.
Sunday’s data also shows 101 new hospitalizations, which was a drop from the 270 that were reported Saturday, and 12 new ICU admissions, which was down from the 22 reported on Saturday. Sunday’s hospitalization totals were down from the three-week average of 305 while the ICU admissions were down from the three-week average of 31.
There have now been 41,158 Ohioans hospitalized since the pandemic began and another 6,160 admitted to intensive care units with COVID-19.
Ohio’s new daily cases have consistently hovered between 6,000 and 10,000 since early November.
Gov. Mike Dewine has continued to urge Ohioans to stay at home.
The state is continuing its the vaccination process and announced that last week the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections began administering vaccines to both staff members and incarcerated individuals who are assigned to long-term care units at the Franklin Medical Center, Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution and Pickaway Correctional Institution. They are expanding vaccine eligibility to additional medical staff at other locations who are identified as part of “Phase 1A.”
They are currently working to identify those staffers and incarcerated individuals who will be eligible for the vaccine based on age and other demographics as defined in the “Phase 1B” plan. mwagner@dispatch.com @Mikewagner48