COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Health reported 4,117 new cases of COVID-19 and 277 new hospitalizations in the state today, the highest figure in a single day long before the vaccine was widely released. available.
Ohio has not seen a daily COVID-19 case count above 4,000 since mid-January and single-day hospitalizations have not been as high as Tuesday’s figures since Jan. 4, when it was reported ‘an increase of 360 hospitalizations.
Key metrics
Currently, the number of new cases is significantly higher than the 21-day daily average, which is currently 2,623. These numbers include both cases confirmed by a viral test and cases that meet the probable CDC definition. To date, there have been 986,421 confirmed cases of COVID-19, accounting for 83% of all cases.
To date, there have been 122,407 coronavirus cases in total in Cuyahoga County.
There have now been 20,729 coronavirus-related deaths statewide. Forty COVID-19-related deaths were reported on Tuesday, including deaths reported after last Friday, when 41 deaths were reported.
Because other states do not send death certificates for Ohioians who die out of state to the ODH Office of Vital Statistics on a regular basis, mortality data provided by Ohio will continue to fluctuate and these deaths will be assigned to their proper dates.
The number of “advanced” hospitalizations and deaths, which occurred among fully vaccinated Ohio residents, remains extremely low. Since January 1 this year, 19,749 unvaccinated people have been hospitalized for COVID-19, compared to 407 hospitalizations of fully vaccinated people. This equates to 97.98% of hospitalizations among unvaccinated people in Ohio this year.
There were 6,965 COVID-19-related deaths among unvaccinated people and 71 among vaccinated people, meaning that 98.99% of people who have died from COVID since January were not vaccinated.
ODH
According to the ODH, 1,113,383 Ohioians are expected to recover from the disease today.
The mean age of patients is 41 years, with the age range of infected patients ranging from less than one year to 111 years.
Ohio Department of Health
Hospitalizations
The ODH today reported 277 new hospitalizations, with 29 admissions to the ICU. There are currently 2,095 COVID-19 patients in Ohio hospitals and 610 COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
ODH
Currently, according to ODH, non-COVID patients occupy 69.1% of hospital beds in the state. COVID-positive patients accounted for 7.7%, leaving 23.2% of currently available beds. The number of patients with COVID-19 in Ohio hospitals has steadily increased and is almost double that of August 11th.
Patients with COVID account for 12.7% of state ICU beds, non-COVID patients occupy 61.43% of ICU beds and 25.87% of ICU beds are open currently.
Vaccines
The following shows how the Ohio vaccination rate compares to other states:
To date, the COVID-19 vaccine has been started in 6,002,058 people in Ohio, which is 51.35% of the state’s population. The vaccine has started in 10,221 people in the last 24 hours, which is comparable to single-day vaccines in recent days.
ODH
Vaccination against COVID-19 has been completed in a total of 5,545,643 people, accounting for 47.44% of the state’s population. In the last 24 hours, the vaccine has been completed in 6,973 people.
ODH
This graph shows the vaccination rates in each Ohio county:
Tests
On August 22, 21,149 tests were performed, the last day that this ODH data was available. Of these tests, 12% were positive, compared to the 7-day average positivity rate, which is 7%. The number of daily COVID tests performed and the positivity rate in Ohio have steadily increased since early July.
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Note: The above graphs are updated from various sources and may or may not reflect the latest COVID-19 data published by the state. These graphs are regularly updated with new data and may not reflect the text statistics for this story at the time of publication.
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