13 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases confirmed in the city of Cleveland – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio The Ohio Department of Health notified Cleveland Wednesday that 13 more cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus had been confirmed in the city, Mayor Frank Jacksons administration announced. No new deaths were reported.

The new cases push the total number of Cleveland residents who have been infected to 838. Nearly 30% of those cases required hospitalization, according to the Cleveland Department of Public Health.

The breakdown by gender is 52% men, 48% women. Nearly 60% of those infected are black. Nearly 22% are white. Asian residents comprise less than 3% of the cases.

The new cases involved men and women ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s. Overall, the age range for those infected is from less than 1 year old into the 90s.

The Cleveland Department of Public Health will work to identify any people who were in close contact with the newly confirmed patients to determine who now would require testing or monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19.

Thirty-nine Clevelanders have died from coronavirus. They ranged in age from less than 1 year old to more than 90 years old.

Ohios 1,225 known coronavirus-related deaths are spread across 64 of the states 88 counties, with total cases now reaching 21,576, the Ohio Department of Health reported Wednesday. The death total increased 7.9% from 1,135 the day before, while the case total was up 2.9% from 20,969.

The 90 deaths added Wednesday were the second most reported in a single day, behind 138 on April 29. The 79 deaths reported Tuesday are the third most.

The state reported 2,542 cases in Cuyahoga County as of Tuesday. Those cases involved 659 hospitalizations. There were 132 deaths reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions updated tally on Wednesday reported there were 1,193,813 cases and 70,802 deaths in the United States. But those numbers tend to lag other reporting sites.

Worldometer, an online tracking site, estimated that as of Wednesday evening more than 1,258,050 people have become infected with the coronavirus in the U.S. It reported 74,200 people had died.

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