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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 started the vaccination process Saturday. That's 32 days after Ohio went past 5 million who at least started the vaccination process, which occurred May 18.
Ohio received its first vaccines Dec. 14 in limited quantities and greatly restricted the supply for a while.
The vaccine eligibility age was lowered from 60 to 50 on March 11. By March 18, 2.5 million Ohioans had started getting inoculated.
The state exceeded 3 million on March 25, a week later, and went past 3.5 million on April 2, eight days after that. Ohio made everyone at least 16 years old eligible for the vaccine on March 29.
Ohio surpassed 4 million April 10, eight days after getting past 3.5 million.
On April 24, the state went over 4.5 million, 14 days after reaching 4 million.
Getting past 5 million occurred May 18, 24 days after exceeding 4.5 million.
It took another 32 days to get to 5.5 million even though those at least 12 years old have been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine since May 13.
With less than 8,900 people a day starting the vaccination process in the state during the past two weeks, it will take close to two months to reach 6 million at that pace.
COVID-19 DATA
The 123 new cases Monday is down from the daily average of 338 for the past 21 days, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
The state had a total of 1,109,025 COVID-19 cases as of Monday with 1,080,599 presumed recovered.
The ODH provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. There were 20,166 deaths Friday.
Mahoning County had 22,378 total COVID-19 cases as of Monday with 21,565 presumed recovered and 603 deaths, according to the ODH.
Trumbull County had 16,555 total COVID-19 cases as of Monday with 15,905 presumed recovered and 482 deaths.
Columbiana County had 9,036 total COVID-19 cases as of Monday with 8,762 presumed recovered and 230 deaths.
VACCINATIONS
There were 5,513,611 people, 47.17 percent of the state's population, who had at least started getting inoculated as of 6 a.m. Monday, including 3,204 in the previous 24 hours, according to the ODH.
In Mahoning County, 45.9 percent of the population (104,974 people) had received at least one dose with 43.64 percent of the population in Trumbull County (86,394 people) and 37.02 percent in Columbiana County (37,719 people) as of 6 a.m. Monday, according to the ODH.
There were 5,058,701 people, 43.28 percent of the state's population,who finished the vaccinations as of 6 a.m. Monday, including 7,764 in the prior 24 hours.
In Mahoning County, 41.56 percent of the population (95,035 people) had completed the process while 39.16 percent of the population in Trumbull (77,534 people) and 34.34 percent of the population in Columbiana (34,985 people) had as of 6 a.m. Monday.
COVID-19 by the numbers
The number of cases, changes in cases and deaths in counties in the region and statewide as of Monday:
County Cases Change since Change since Deaths*
yesterday last week
Trumbull 16,555 +4 +28 482
Mahoning 22,378 +2 +46 603
Columbiana 9,036 +2 +13 230
Ohio 1,109,025 +123 +1,800 20,166
SOURCE: Ohio Department of Health
*Deaths as of Friday