COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s 1,306 known coronavirus-related deaths are spread across 64 of the state’s 88 counties, with total cases now reaching 23,016, the Ohio Department of Health reported Friday.
The death total increased 2.8% from 1,271 the day before, while the case total was up 4% from 22,131.
The numbers of deaths reported the last five days were 35, 46, 90, 79 and 18. The reports lag several days from the actual date of death and sometimes are reported by the state in clusters.
Here are the dates of death for coronavirus cases reported in Ohio, through Friday. The numbers for recent dates likely will increase because reporting often lags.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
At least 499 of the deaths reported to date were patients of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. The state last updated this total on Wednesday.
Separately, data from the Ohio Hospital Association said there were currently 1,063 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 on Friday was reported at 393, the lowest level in weeks.
The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units on any given day has remained below 430 for the last week, based on reports filed by 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
The state’s case total has gone up daily by 885, 555, 607, 495 and 560 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 Thursday reported 5,101 cases to date (4,330 inmates and 771 staff), about half of which have recovered. This was up from 489 inmates and 184 staff April 16.
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 1,047 “probable” cases being included in the total cases reported for Ohio to date.
The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 885 new cases of coronavirus, a 4% increase from the day before.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
The daily increase in total cases has been from 2.3% to 4.2% over the last 17 days. 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 in the coming days and weeks, though expanded testing is viewed by DeWine and health officials as a key to containing the spread of the virus.
A total of 183,269 tests have been conducted, up 43,544 since last Friday. In comparison, there were 32,616 tests last week, and 29,432 two weeks ago.
These are the number of cases based on the estimated onset dates since April 1 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, 5,779 have had an onset in the last two weeks. Nearly three times as many of the reported cases – 15,931 – are older.
Among the cases reported to date, excluding those who have died, 5,779 have had an onset in the last two weeks. Most cases are older.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
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.
Just over half of all deaths (670 of 1,306, or 51.3%) 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 10 people in this age group are known to have died with coronavirus – eight in their 30s and two in their 20s.
Just 30 of the 1,306 known coronavirus deaths in Ohio have been to people under the age of 50.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
The counties with the most deaths are Lucas (161), Cuyahoga (143), Mahoning (119), Franklin (108) and Hamilton (100).
For the deaths in which race was reported, 80.4% are white, and 17.1% are black. Yet for total cases, 58.4% are white and 29% black. Ohio’s population is 81.9% white and 13% black, census estimates say.
The Ohio Department of Health has reported deaths involving coronavirus in 64 of the state’s 88 counties.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
Among all cases reported to date, 4,218 have been hospitalized, including 1,188 in intensive care units. These totals were 4,140 and 1,167 on Friday, 4,052 and 1,151 on Thursday, and 3,956 and 1,123 on Wednesday.
The counties with the most cases are Franklin (3,615), Cuyahoga (2,668), Marion (2,366) and Pickaway (1,842). 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 18,743 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 Friday, the total reached 23,016.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.
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| County | Cases | Hosp. | Deaths | Cases per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 |
| Allen | 139 | 47 | 29 | 135.8 |
| Ashland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Ashtabula | 172 | 29 | 18 | 176.9 |
| Athens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 |
| Auglaize | 42 | 8 | 3 | 92.0 |
| Belmont | 216 | 20 | 7 | 322.4 |
| Brown | 16 | 3 | 1 | 36.8 |
| Butler | 404 | 96 | 12 | 105.4 |
| Carroll | 23 | 6 | 1 | 85.5 |
| Champaign | 16 | 4 | 1 | 41.1 |
| Clark | 80 | 14 | 2 | 59.7 |
| Clermont | 120 | 27 | 3 | 58.1 |
| Clinton | 33 | 8 | 0 | 78.6 |
| Columbiana | 313 | 113 | 33 | 307.2 |
| Coshocton | 19 | 4 | 0 | 51.9 |
| Crawford | 69 | 8 | 1 | 166.3 |
| Cuyahoga | 2,668 | 690 | 143 | 216.0 |
| Darke | 82 | 14 | 14 | 160.4 |
| Defiance | 21 | 9 | 1 | 55.1 |
| Delaware | 199 | 26 | 4 | 95.1 |
| Erie | 78 | 17 | 3 | 105.0 |
| Fairfield | 171 | 29 | 2 | 108.5 |
| Fayette | 23 | 4 | 0 | 80.6 |
| Franklin | 3,615 | 465 | 108 | 274.5 |
| Fulton | 30 | 6 | 0 | 71.2 |
| Gallia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20.1 |
| Geauga | 187 | 38 | 19 | 199.7 |
| Greene | 52 | 10 | 5 | 30.8 |
| Guernsey | 20 | 2 | 0 | 51.4 |
| Hamilton | 1,664 | 323 | 100 | 203.6 |
| Hancock | 39 | 7 | 1 | 51.5 |
| Hardin | 27 | 2 | 0 | 86.1 |
| Harrison | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39.9 |
| Henry | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29.6 |
| Highland | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25.5 |
| Hocking | 20 | 8 | 1 | 70.8 |
| Holmes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15.9 |
| Huron | 37 | 8 | 1 | 63.5 |
| Jackson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21.6 |
| Jefferson | 50 | 16 | 2 | 76.5 |
| Knox | 20 | 5 | 1 | 32.1 |
| Lake | 192 | 53 | 8 | 83.4 |
| Lawrence | 24 | 4 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Licking | 150 | 32 | 7 | 84.8 |
| Logan | 23 | 4 | 0 | 50.4 |
| Lorain | 537 | 97 | 44 | 173.3 |
| Lucas | 1,665 | 468 | 161 | 388.7 |
| Madison | 78 | 12 | 3 | 174.4 |
| Mahoning | 1,087 | 257 | 119 | 475.3 |
| Marion | 2,366 | 58 | 13 | 3,634.8 |
| Medina | 190 | 48 | 17 | 105.7 |
| Meigs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 |
| Mercer | 62 | 13 | 1 | 150.6 |
| Miami | 176 | 49 | 27 | 164.5 |
| Monroe | 8 | 3 | 0 | 58.6 |
| Montgomery | 356 | 111 | 10 | 67.0 |
| Morgan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 |
| Morrow | 84 | 6 | 1 | 237.8 |
| Muskingum | 24 | 6 | 0 | 27.8 |
| Noble | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34.7 |
| Ottawa | 45 | 16 | 2 | 111.0 |
| Paulding | 8 | 3 | 0 | 42.8 |
| Perry | 13 | 6 | 1 | 36.0 |
| Pickaway | 1,842 | 50 | 23 | 3,151.0 |
| Pike | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 |
| Portage | 272 | 69 | 46 | 167.4 |
| Preble | 27 | 6 | 1 | 66.0 |
| Putnam | 75 | 13 | 13 | 221.5 |
| Richland | 103 | 26 | 2 | 85.0 |
| Ross | 49 | 10 | 1 | 63.9 |
| Sandusky | 47 | 17 | 7 | 80.3 |
| Scioto | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17.3 |
| Seneca | 14 | 5 | 1 | 25.4 |
| Shelby | 31 | 13 | 1 | 63.8 |
| Stark | 464 | 106 | 62 | 125.2 |
| Summit | 867 | 278 | 74 | 160.3 |
| Trumbull | 392 | 126 | 36 | 198.0 |
| Tuscarawas | 168 | 23 | 1 | 182.6 |
| Union | 28 | 3 | 0 | 47.5 |
| Van Wert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10.6 |
| Vinton | 10 | 1 | 0 | 76.4 |
| Warren | 191 | 36 | 13 | 81.4 |
| Washington | 111 | 15 | 17 | 185.3 |
| Wayne | 183 | 25 | 42 | 158.2 |
| Williams | 44 | 4 | 1 | 119.9 |
| Wood | 220 | 58 | 29 | 168.2 |
| Wyandot | 26 | 3 | 2 | 119.4 |
| Statewide | 23,016 | 4,218 | 1,306 | 196.9 |
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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.
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