New coronavirus cases leaped in Ohio in the week ending Sunday, rising 12.3% as 29,876 cases were reported. The previous week had 26,610 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Ohio ranked 20th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in the United States increased 7.4% from the week before, with 906,593 cases reported. With 3.51% of the country’s population, Ohio had 3.3% of the country’s cases in the last week. Across the country, 28 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Ottawa County reported 100 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 81 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 9,330 cases and 141 deaths.
Within Ohio, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Gallia County with 595 cases per 100,000 per week; Lawrence County with 575; and Pike County with 569. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Franklin County, with 3,010 cases; Cuyahoga County, with 2,932 cases; and Hamilton County, with 2,180. Weekly case counts rose in 71 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week’s pace were in Franklin, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
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Across Ohio, cases fell in 17 counties, with the best declines in Delaware County, with 388 cases from 416 a week earlier; in Seneca County, with 109 cases from 132; and in Monroe County, with 28 cases from 49.
In Ohio, zero people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, six people were reported dead.
A total of 2,948,242 people in Ohio have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 39,035 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 91,316,648 people have tested positive and 1,029,926 people have died.
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Ohio’s COVID-19 hospital admissions staying flat
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 31. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 2,244
- The week before that: 2,235
- Four weeks ago: 1,597
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 75,143
- The week before that: 73,476
- Four weeks ago: 63,312
Hospitals in 24 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 21 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 30 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
