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COVID-19 cases in Ohio hover near average

New COVID-19 cases reported statewide Wednesday stand at just one below the 21-day average, according to the Ohio Department of Health. The ODH reports that the average is 324 and the new cases statewide was 323 on Wednesday. Total cases in Ohio are 1,109,697. Presumed recovered cases made a 611-case jump to bring the total to 1,081,589. Death totals remain at 20,213. Since last week, the state has increased COVID-19 cases by 1,795 and added 3,313 presumed recovered cases. The ODH provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties ...

Thu. 10:04 a.m.: Ohio ends incentive lottery with mixed vaccination results

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, concluded its program Wednesday — still unable to crack the 50 percent vaccination threshold. The state's not alone in mixed results for prize ...

COVID-19 cases rise in Ohio, but remain low

While the state recorded more new COVID-19 cases Tuesday than the two previous days combined, it was the 18th straight day with fewer than 500 daily reported cases. There were 349 new cases reported Tuesday. In comparison, 133 were reported Monday and 166 on Sunday for a combined two-day total of 289. Also, Tuesday’s case total is up from the daily average of 325 for the past 21 days, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Just a month ago, the daily average was 1,116 cases. The state had a total of 1,109,374 COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday with 1,080,978 presumed recovered ...

Daily virus cases nearing all-time low

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio is as low as it was during the early days of the pandemic — even though less than half of the state’s population has received the vaccine. There were only 123 new cases reported in the state Monday, which is as few as were reported in late March 2020. The first COVID-19 case in Ohio was reported March 9, 2020. Monday’s low number comes a day after 166 cases were reported Sunday. It also happens as the number of Ohioans getting the COVID-19 vaccination has slowed down considerably. The state exceeded 5.5 million people who at least ...

Ohio nears one-half of population vaccinated

The Ohio Department of Health reported 166 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday to bring the statewide total to 1,108,902. The state also reported nearly one-half of the population has been vaccinated, with 47.4 percent of Ohioans having received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning. Since the pandemic began 15 months ago, 20,166 deaths statewide have been reported. Eight hospitalizations were reported in the last 24 hours, increasing the total to 60,177. Mahoning County has recorded 22,376 cases, an increase of six Sunday. It also has recorded 1,065 ...