COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s 1,271 known coronavirus-related deaths are spread across 64 of the state’s 88 counties, with total cases now reaching 22,131, the Ohio Department of Health reported Thursday.
The death total increased 3.8% from 1,225 the day before, while the case total was up 2.6% from 21,576.
The number of deaths reported the last five days were 46, 90, 79, 18 and 17. The reports lag several days from the actual date of death and sometimes are reported by the state in clusters.
At least 499 of the deaths reported to date were patients of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units on any given day has been in the 400 to 430 range for the last week, based on reports filed by Ohio hospitals with the Ohio Hospital Association. This could include some patients from out of state. Revisions are possible for the most recent days.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
This chart shows the number of coronavirus patients on a given day, as reported by hospitals to the Ohio Hospital Association. Totals for the most recent days may be revised later.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Separately, data from the Ohio Hospital Association said there were 1,057 patients in reporting hospitals across the state. This number has been fairly steady in the 1,000 to 1,100 range for more than a week. The number of patients in intensive care was reported at 418, with little change over the last week.
The state’s case total has gone up daily by 555, 607, 495, 560 and 579 the last five days. Higher increases in mid-April were tied heavily to stepped-up testing in prisons, even among inmates without symptoms.
The prison department on Wednesday reported 5,082 cases to date (4,336 and 746 staff), about half of which have recovered. This was up from 489 inmates and 184 staff April 16.
The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 555 new cases of coronavirus, a 2.6% increase from the day before.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
The state on April 10 began new reporting standards to include more types of testing and cases identified from non-testing evidence. This has resulted in 999 “probable” cases being included in the total cases reported for Ohio to date.
Monday marked the 16th consecutive day of case increases of 2% to 4%. In March the daily increases were often above 20%, and sometimes above 40%.
Increased testing announced by Gov. Mike DeWine could cause the number of reported cases to go up, though expanded testing is viewed by DeWine and other state officials as a key to containing the spread of the virus.
A total of 175,060 tests have been conducted, up 41,912 in the last week. In comparison, there were 30,823 tests the previous week.
These are the number of cases based on the estimated onset dates since March 16 for Ohio’s reported coronavirus cases. Confirmation often is days after the first symptoms, leading to smaller numbers for the most recent days. Prison testing resulted in a spike in mid-April.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Ohio unlike some other states does not provide information on the number of current cases remaining, excluding those who no longer have coronavirus, saying that information is not available. This information is provided only by the prison department, and by the health department for nursing homes.
Yet health officials have said coronavirus often runs its course in 14 days, longer for the most severe cases, indicating that many known cases no longer exist. Most of the known cases are older.
Among the cases reported to date, excluding those who have died, 5,414 have had an onset in the last two weeks. Nearly three times as many of the reported cases – 15,446 – are older. Health officials have said coronavirus often runs its course in 14 days, longer for the most severe cases.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Among the cases reported to date, excluding those who have died, 5,414 have had an onset in the last two weeks. Nearly three times as many of the reported cases – 15,446 – are older.
The age range for confirmed cases to date is from under 1 to 106, with a median age of 51. The median age for deaths is 80.
Here are the dates of death for coronavirus cases reported in Ohio, through Thursday. The numbers for recent dates likely will increase because reporting for most recent deaths often lags.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Just over half of all deaths (653 of 1,271, or 51.4%) have been to people age 80 and over. This age group accounted for 44% of the deaths nationally in 2017.
About half of Ohioans are under 40, yet only eight people in this age group are known to have died with coronavirus, seven in their 30s and one man in his 20s.
The counties with the most deaths are Lucas (155), Cuyahoga (136), Mahoning (115), Franklin (107) and Hamilton (93).
Ohio’s 1,271 coronavirus deaths are spread across 64 of the state’s 88 counties.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
For the deaths in which race was reported, 80.6% are white, and 16.9% are black. Yet for total cases, 58.5% are white and 29.2% black. Ohio’s population is 81.9% white and 13% black, census estimates say.
Among all cases reported to date, 4,140 have been hospitalized, including 1,167 in intensive care units. These totals were 4,052 and 1,151 on Wednesday, 3,956 and 1,123 on Tuesday, and 3,809 and 1,090 on Monday.
The counties with the most cases are Franklin (3,337), Cuyahoga (2,591), Marion (2,350) and Pickaway (1,841). Franklin (Columbus) and Cuyahoga (Cleveland) are Ohio’s two most populated counties. Marion and Pickaway have high numbers of prisoners with COVID-19, as do Franklin and Belmont to a lesser extent.
The statewide total of cases was 18,027 a week ago.
The first three cases were confirmed on March 9. The total topped 100 on March 19, exceeded 1,000 for the first time on March 27, and went over 10,000 on April 18.
Ohio reported its first three cases of coronavirus on March 9. On Thursday, the total reached 22,131.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Corrections in the data are made from day to day by the state. Sometimes the state has reduced the number of cases in individual counties from one day to the next as corrected residency information is received
The chart below is based on the most recent case data from the Ohio Department of Health. Cleveland.com calculated the cases per 100,000 rates based on 2019 census population estimates.
Rich Exner, data analysis editor for cleveland.com, writes about numbers on a variety of topics. Follow on Twitter @RichExner. See other data-related stories at cleveland.com/datacentral.
| County | Cases | Hosp. | Deaths | Cases per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 |
| Allen | 138 | 47 | 28 | 134.8 |
| Ashland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Ashtabula | 169 | 27 | 18 | 173.8 |
| Athens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 |
| Auglaize | 36 | 8 | 3 | 78.9 |
| Belmont | 205 | 20 | 7 | 305.9 |
| Brown | 16 | 3 | 1 | 36.8 |
| Butler | 372 | 95 | 12 | 97.1 |
| Carroll | 21 | 6 | 1 | 78.0 |
| Champaign | 16 | 3 | 1 | 41.1 |
| Clark | 74 | 12 | 2 | 55.2 |
| Clermont | 110 | 27 | 3 | 53.3 |
| Clinton | 32 | 8 | 0 | 76.2 |
| Columbiana | 311 | 112 | 32 | 305.3 |
| Coshocton | 18 | 4 | 0 | 49.2 |
| Crawford | 65 | 8 | 1 | 156.6 |
| Cuyahoga | 2,591 | 681 | 136 | 209.8 |
| Darke | 79 | 14 | 14 | 154.6 |
| Defiance | 21 | 9 | 1 | 55.1 |
| Delaware | 196 | 27 | 4 | 93.7 |
| Erie | 75 | 17 | 3 | 101.0 |
| Fairfield | 162 | 29 | 2 | 102.8 |
| Fayette | 23 | 3 | 0 | 80.6 |
| Franklin | 3,377 | 459 | 107 | 256.5 |
| Fulton | 30 | 6 | 0 | 71.2 |
| Gallia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20.1 |
| Geauga | 184 | 37 | 19 | 196.5 |
| Greene | 52 | 10 | 5 | 30.8 |
| Guernsey | 20 | 2 | 0 | 51.4 |
| Hamilton | 1,572 | 311 | 93 | 192.3 |
| Hancock | 39 | 7 | 1 | 51.5 |
| Hardin | 26 | 2 | 0 | 82.9 |
| Harrison | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39.9 |
| Henry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Highland | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25.5 |
| Hocking | 20 | 8 | 1 | 70.8 |
| Holmes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15.9 |
| Huron | 34 | 8 | 1 | 58.4 |
| Jackson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21.6 |
| Jefferson | 49 | 15 | 2 | 75.0 |
| Knox | 20 | 5 | 1 | 32.1 |
| Lake | 187 | 52 | 8 | 81.3 |
| Lawrence | 24 | 4 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Licking | 146 | 31 | 7 | 82.6 |
| Logan | 23 | 4 | 0 | 50.4 |
| Lorain | 528 | 97 | 42 | 170.4 |
| Lucas | 1,583 | 463 | 155 | 369.6 |
| Madison | 73 | 12 | 3 | 163.2 |
| Mahoning | 1,044 | 254 | 115 | 456.5 |
| Marion | 2,350 | 57 | 13 | 3,610.2 |
| Medina | 185 | 48 | 17 | 102.9 |
| Meigs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 |
| Mercer | 42 | 9 | 1 | 102.0 |
| Miami | 145 | 49 | 27 | 135.5 |
| Monroe | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36.6 |
| Montgomery | 345 | 108 | 10 | 64.9 |
| Morgan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 |
| Morrow | 83 | 5 | 1 | 234.9 |
| Muskingum | 23 | 6 | 0 | 26.7 |
| Noble | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34.7 |
| Ottawa | 44 | 16 | 2 | 108.6 |
| Paulding | 8 | 3 | 0 | 42.8 |
| Perry | 13 | 6 | 1 | 36.0 |
| Pickaway | 1,841 | 50 | 23 | 3,149.3 |
| Pike | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 |
| Portage | 265 | 69 | 46 | 163.1 |
| Preble | 27 | 6 | 1 | 66.0 |
| Putnam | 73 | 12 | 12 | 215.6 |
| Richland | 94 | 24 | 2 | 77.6 |
| Ross | 44 | 10 | 1 | 57.4 |
| Sandusky | 41 | 17 | 7 | 70.1 |
| Scioto | 15 | 1 | 0 | 19.9 |
| Seneca | 14 | 5 | 1 | 25.4 |
| Shelby | 31 | 13 | 1 | 63.8 |
| Stark | 450 | 104 | 60 | 121.4 |
| Summit | 831 | 269 | 73 | 153.6 |
| Trumbull | 371 | 126 | 35 | 187.4 |
| Tuscarawas | 153 | 21 | 1 | 166.3 |
| Union | 28 | 3 | 0 | 47.5 |
| Van Wert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10.6 |
| Vinton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Warren | 188 | 35 | 13 | 80.1 |
| Washington | 111 | 15 | 17 | 185.3 |
| Wayne | 177 | 24 | 41 | 153.0 |
| Williams | 43 | 4 | 1 | 117.2 |
| Wood | 212 | 56 | 29 | 162.1 |
| Wyandot | 25 | 3 | 2 | 114.8 |
| Statewide | 22,131 | 4,140 | 1,271 | 189.3 |
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