New COVID-19 cases in the state came in lower than the 21-day daily average, but hospitalizations, intensive care unit admissions and deaths reported Wednesday are above the three-week average.

The state reported 7,835 new cases Wednesday, although the Ohio Department of Health still has a backlog of cases to verify and add. The 21-day average for new cases is 8,122 daily.

With 123 deaths reported Wednesday, the state is well above the 21-day average of 50.

The 21-day average for hospitalization is 314, but 436 new hospitalizations were reported Wednesday.

While 31 people on average over the past three weeks have been admitted daily to the ICU with COVID-19, 52 were admitted Wednesday.

Gov. Mike DeWine has said surges in hospitalizations and deaths follow surges in new cases.

If there will be a surge from Thanksgiving get-togethers, it is expected to be seen in the next few weeks.

The state reported Wednesday two new deaths in Trumbull County, two in Columbiana County and one in Mahoning County.

Trumbull County added 84 cases, Mahoning County added 174 and Columbiana County added 60 cases. The numbers are high compared to September figures, but are lower than many of the days in the last few weeks of November.

ZIP CODES

When measuring the frequency of coronavirus infections over the last two weeks based on population, the Kinsman 44428 ZIP code has the highest rate of infection in Trumbull County. The ZIP code has seen 33 cases in the past two weeks, but when normalizing for population, the rate per 100,000 people in the ZIP code is 1,084.

The second-highest rate and case count is in the Howland 44484 ZIP code, where 168 cases the past two weeks make a rate of 771. The rate in Warren’s 44483 ZIP code is third at 745, with 185 the past two weeks — the highest number of cases for any Trumbull County ZIP code.

The Cortland-area ZIP code 44410 is fourth in the county at a rate of 731, with 122 cases the past two weeks, which is the fourth most in the county.

The Niles 44446 ZIP code has recorded 134 cases the past two weeks, third highest, but the overall rate is eighth in the county at 665. The rates of infection in the 44417, 44440 and 44437 ZIP codes in Gustavus, Mineral Ridge and McDonald ranked fifth, sixth and seventh in the county.

The highest rate in Mahoning County is 1,597 in the 44452 ZIP code in North Lima, where 55 cases have been reported in the past two weeks — the 10th-highest ZIP code when it comes to case count. The 44503 ZIP code in downtown Youngstown has the second-highest rate at 1,239, though only 14 cases have been reported there in the past two weeks.

The 44514 ZIP code in Poland has the second-highest case count in the county at 243 cases in the past two weeks, and has the third-highest rate of infection at 1,122.

The 44515 ZIP code in Austintown has the third-highest case count at 236 the past two weeks, but the eighth-highest overall rate at 885.

COVID-19 by the numbers

The number of cases, changes in cases and deaths in counties in the region and statewide as of Wednesday with thousands of reports pending:

County Cases Change since Change since Deaths

yesterday last week

Trumbull 6,497 +84 +913 154

Mahoning 8,821 +174 +1,291 303

Columbiana 4,012 +60 +436 102

Ohio 437,928 +7,835 +55,185 6,671

SOURCE: Ohio Department of Health