COVID-19 cases spike by 1,000 in a week: Coronavirus update for Thursday, July 11, 2024 – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio jumped up by more than 1,000 cases, moving from 2,049 last week to 3,153 this week, the state reported Thursday.

It was the sixth consecutive weekly increase since early June, when the weekly case number climbed over the 1,000-case mark for the first time since early May.

Due to the July Fourth holiday, the Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 dashboards were updated on Wednesday, instead of the usual Thursday schedule. The weekly trends data on the July 3 update were calculated based on six days instead of the usual seven days

The state resumed its regular Thursday updates, and retroactively recalculatedthe previous weeks data based on seven days.

At least 1,377,594 Ohioans have received the updated one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 1,172 people from the prior week, the state reported. This represents 11.7% of the states population.

The total COVID-19 case count since early 2020 in Ohio has reached 3,760,282.

There were 108 Ohioans newly hospitalized in the last week, raising the total since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 to 152,004. Three people were admitted into the ICU, raising the total since 2020 to 15,824.

The state health department reported an additional two deaths from COVID-19, raising the total to 44,020. Death reporting sometimes lags by weeks.

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

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