The number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio keeps reaching levels not seen in several months.
The Ohio Department of Health reported 4,600 new COVID-19 cases in the state Wednesday. It’s the most since 4,874 cases were reported Jan. 29 — nearly seven months ago.
Also for the first time since Jan. 30, the state had two days in a row with COVID-19 cases exceeding 4,000. There were 4,117 cases reported Tuesday.
The state had a streak of at least 4,000 daily cases reported between Nov. 3, 2020, and Jan. 30. The only other day since then with at least 4,000 daily cases was Feb. 4 with 4,120 until Tuesday and Wednesday.
The state reported 495 cases July 25, meaning the number has increased nearly 10 times in a month.
Wednesday was the 16th consecutive day in which Ohio exceeded 1,800 daily COVID-19 cases. That includes nine that had more than 3,000 cases and the past two exceeding 4,000 cases each.
The 4,600 new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday is up from the daily average of 2,739 for the past 21 days, according to the ODH.
Of those new cases Wednesday, 167 were in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties combined.
The entire state was averaging about 260 cases a day six weeks ago.
The state had a total of 1,192,478 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday with 1,115,261 presumed recovered.
The ODH usually provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. There were 20,729 total COVID-19 deaths reported as of Tuesday.
Mahoning County had 23,871 total COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday with 22,297 presumed recovered and 617 deaths.
Trumbull County had 17,672 total COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday with 16,493 presumed recovered and 494 deaths.
Columbiana County had 9,897 total COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday with 9,086 presumed recovered and 236 deaths.
VACCINATIONS
There were 6,013,668 people, 51.45 percent of the state’s population, who had at least started getting inoculated as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, including 11,926 in the previous 24 hours, according to the ODH.
In Mahoning County, 49.83 percent of the population (113,961 people) had received at least one dose with 47.63 percent of the population in Trumbull County (94,300 people) and 40.28 percent in Columbiana County (41,035 people) as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to the ODH.
There were 5,555,846 people, 47.53 percent of the state’s population, who finished the vaccinations as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, including 10,345 in the prior 24 hours.
In Mahoning County, 45.95 percent of the population (105,081 people) had completed the process while 43.61 percent of the population in Trumbull (86,340 people) and 37.24 percent of the population in Columbiana (37,943 people) had as of 6 a.m. Wednesday.
COVID-19 by the numbers
The number of cases, changes in cases and deaths in counties in the region and statewide as of Wednesday:
County Cases Change since Change since Deaths*
yesterday last week
Trumbull 17,672 +37 +243 494
Mahoning 23,871 +82 +431 617
Columbiana 9,897 +48 +269 236
Ohio 1,192,478 +4,600 +24,367 20,729
SOURCE: Ohio Department of Health
*Deaths as of Tuesday
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