Mapping Ohios coronavirus vaccines; updates, trends for deaths, hospitalizations, cases statewide and by cou – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio - One-in-15 Ohioans is now known to have been infected with the coronavirus, with the state reporting Monday new totals to date of 784,957 cases, 41,377 hospitalizations and 9,702 deaths.

The number of cases reported by the Ohio Department of Health edged up some, with the seven-day total reaching 57,534, but fewer people are now hospitalized with COVID-19.

Among the trends:

* A clearer picture is developing that December was the deadliest month to date for COVID-19 in Ohio. Death reports trickle in well after the date of death. But the health department now says at least 2,251 Ohioans died in December because of the virus. The next highest months for deaths are November (1,476), May (1,184) and April (1,107).

* The state now lists 180 known coronavirus cases for January 2020, in many instances likely the result of antibody testing and interviews with people testing positive about when they remember being ill.

* Hospitalizations are on the decline. Both the overall patient count and the number in intensive care units on Monday were reported at the lowest levels since before Thanksgiving, and down about 25% from the peak in mid-December.

Coronavirus hospitalizations are down about 25% from their peak in Ohio, but well above summer levels.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The Ohio Hospital Association on Monday reported 4,056 patients, including 971 in ICUs across the state. The highs of 5,308 and 1,318 occurred on Dec. 15.

Yet both counts remain well above where they were before the fall surge in cases. On Sept. 22, the first day of fall, the association reported a total of 590 patients, including just 199 in ICU.

Statewide, about 30% of the hospital beds were vacant on Monday, including about 25% of the ICU beds.

The 10,251 coronavirus cases reported in Ohio on Jan. 7 was the most for a single day since before Christmas. The two higher reports were two-day totals, following no reports from the state on Christmas and New Years Day.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

Yet, the 57,534 cases reported in the last week marked the highest seven-day total since before Christmas. In comparison, there were 52,379 cases reported in the seven days through last Monday, and 45,690 the week before then.

The 10,251 cases reported last Thursday, Jan. 7, was the highest single-day total since Dec. 17. Since then, the state has reported 9,535, 8,374, 6,088 and 7,892 cases each day.

December was the deadliest month for coronavirus in Ohio.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The 9,702 deaths reported to date is up 6.1% from 9,143 one week ago.

There were 559 deaths reported over the last seven days, in comparison to 572 in the seven days through last Monday, and 449 the week before that.

But these reports often arrive weeks after a person has died, as the health department awaits final confirmations of the cause of death. Based on the date of death reported so far, Ohios deadliest days were Dec. 13 and Dec. 16, when 93 people died each day; Dec. 10 when 92 died; and Dec. 17 when 91 died.

The Ohio Department of Health has reported more than 300,000 people have been vaccinated. This chart shows the number to date reported daily. Some reporting lags, and may be adjusted later.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

Ohio so far has reported 304,976 vaccines being administered, reaching 2.6% of the states population.

This is up from 162,941 vaccines reported through Monday, Jan. 4. These are the number of vaccines started. Each person is to receive two doses, about a month apart.

Testing for coronavirus has dipped from late-November totals.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The state reported 8,186,142 tests to date. This includes 333,357 in the last week.

During the previous four weeks, there were 279,566, 301,725, 364,448 and 405,022 tests reported.

The number of estimated active cases of COVID-19 is down from December highs.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The health department estimates that 639,080 Ohioans have recovered from COVID-19. This is not based on individual case information, but on the number of cases at least three weeks old that have not resulted in death.

Based on the estimate for recoveries, 136,175 Ohioans currently have the coronavirus, down from a record of 170,486 on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

The age range for cases is from under 1 to 111. The median age is 43 for all cases, and 81 for deaths.

The health department last updated the number of deaths for nursing home patients on Wednesday, with a total of 5,059 representing close to 54% of all known COVID-19 deaths in Ohio at that point. This share has dropped in recent months.

For all cases this year, more than three-fourths of the deaths have been to people age 70 and up.

By age group the deaths have broken down this way: under age 20 (4), in their 20s (12), in their 30s (63), in their 40s (128), in their 50s (490), in their 60s (1,315), in their 70s (2,539) and at least 80 years old (5,150). Those 80 and up accounted for 44% of deaths from all causes nationally in 2017.

But for hospitalizations, the cases are more spread out age-wise: under age 20 (877), in their 20s (1,604), in their 30s (2,162), in their 40s (3,218), in their 50s (5,921), in their 60s (8,836), in their 70s (9,813) and at least 80 years old (8,930).

Older Ohioans have been more likely to have been hospitalized and even more likely to have died because of coronavirus.Rich Exner, cleveland.com

The counties with the most deaths are Cuyahoga (955), Franklin (701) and Summit (655). Details for every county are shown in the chart at the bottom of this story.

For the deaths in which race was reported, 83% of the people are white, and 13% are Black. For total cases, 74% are white and 14% Black. Ohios population is 82% white and 13% Black, census estimates say.

The counties with the most cases are Franklin (93,057), Cuyahoga (78,231) and Hamilton (57,871). They are the states three largest counties. Cases per capita are shown in the chart at the bottom of this story.

The first three cases were confirmed on March 9. The total topped 100,000 on Aug. 9, 250,000 on Nov. 8, 500,000 on Dec. 8, and 750,000 on Thursday, Jan. 7.

Among the cases reported to date are 88,131 listed as probable, those cases included by a wider variety of tests or identified through non-testing evidence. This total is up from 76,494 and 66,615 the last two weeks ago.

The chart below is based on the most recent case data from the Ohio Department of Health. Cleveland.com calculated the cases per 100 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.

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