New coronavirus cases leaped in Ohio in the week ending Sunday, rising 29.9% as 24,465 cases were reported. The previous week had 18,838 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Ohio ranked 34th 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 29% from the week before, with 947,862 cases reported. With 3.51% of the country’s population, Ohio had 2.58% of the country’s cases in the last week. Across the country, 42 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
The Fourth of July holiday disrupted who got tested, when people got tested and when both test results and deaths were reported. This may significantly skew week-to-week comparisons.
Ottawa County reported 60 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 53 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 9,149 cases and 141 deaths.
Within Ohio, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Scioto County with 471 cases per 100,000 per week; Lawrence County with 431; and Gallia County with 388. 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 2,818 cases; Cuyahoga County, with 2,349 cases, and Hamilton County, with 1,979. Weekly case counts rose in 85 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week’s pace were in Cuyahoga, Franklin and Montgomery counties.
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Across Ohio, cases fell in three counties, with the best declines in Athens County, with 160 cases from 174 a week earlier; in Paulding County, with 28 cases from 38; and in Vinton County, with 24 cases from 27.
In Ohio, zero people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, eight people were reported dead.
A total of 2,891,756 people in Ohio have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 38,959 people have died statewide from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 89,542,107 people have tested positive and 1,023,799 people have died.
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Ohio’s COVID-19 hospital admissions rising
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 17. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 2,030
- The week before that: 1,715
- Four weeks ago: 1,459
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 73,328
- The week before that: 67,692
- Four weeks ago: 57,602
Hospitals in 36 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 27 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 40 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.
