COVID-19 cases on downward trend again: Coronavirus update for Thursday, May 30, 2024 – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio After last weeks slight tick upward, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio resumed falling, from 953 last week to 890 this week, the state reported Thursday.

The new case number has fallen for 14 out of the last 15 weeks, and has been below 1,000 cases since May 9.

The state also adjusted the number of Ohioans who have received at least one dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine, by adding people who were previously excluded.

At least 1,367,951 Ohioans have received the updated one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 13,795 people from the prior week, the state reported. This represents 11.7% of the states population.

As a comparison, earlier in May about 2,000 additional people got the one-dose vaccine each week.

The relative increase in vaccines reported on the May 30 COVID-19 dashboard update reflects the addition of individuals who have received at least one dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine that were previously excluded, the state said Thursday.

The total COVID-19 case count since early 2020 in Ohio has reached 3,748,893.

There were 48 Ohioans newly hospitalized in the last week, raising the total since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 to 151,574. Four people were admitted into the ICU, bringing the total since 2020 to 15,816.

The state health department reported an additional six deaths from COVID-19, raising the total to 43,981. Death reporting sometimes lags by weeks.

May 30 recap

May 23 recap

* Total reported cases: 3,748,003, up 953.

* Total individuals with updated vaccine: 1,354,156, up 2,290.

* Total reported deaths: 43,975, up 17.

* Total reported hospitalizations: 151,526, up 34.

* Total reported ICU admissions: 15,812, up 4.

Julie Washington covers healthcare for cleveland.com. Read previous stories at this link.

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