Ohio’s COVID transmission rate drops below 200 cases for first time in 6 months

Ohio added 1,321 cases on Thursday, making it the sixth consecutive day the state has recorded fewer than 2,000 daily cases, according to the ODH. The state’s 21-day average is 2,307 COVID cases per day.

There were 1,264 coronavirus patients hospitalized in Ohio on Thursday, including 129 in west central Ohio and 292 in southwestern Ohio, according to the Ohio Hospital Association.

Southwest Ohio includes Butler, Warren, Hamilton, Adams, Brown, Clermont, and Clinton counties and Midwest Ohio includes Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby.

Over the past 60 days, the number of patients hospitalized with the virus has fallen 75% statewide, dropped 67% in west-central Ohio and 54% in southwestern Ohio. Ohio, according to the OHA.

Intensive care admissions follow a similar trend. During that same period, Ohio saw a 79% drop in the number of critical care patients with COVID and a 60% decrease in Southwest Ohio and a 72% decrease in Central Ohio. western Ohio.

Of the 249 intensive care patients who have tested positive for the virus, 68 are in southwestern Ohio and 22 in west central Ohio, according to the OHA.

Ohio has had 151 COVID hospitalizations and 17 ICU admissions in the past day, according to the state health department. Over the past three weeks, there have been an average of 165 hospitalizations and 17 intensive care admissions per day.

As of Thursday, 61.76% of Ohioans started the COVID-19 vaccine, including 71.79% of adults and 65.64% of those ages 5 and older. More than 57% of residents, including 66.59% adults and 60.67% people 5 years and older, have completed the vaccine.

Nearly 7.22 million Ohioans have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 6.67 million people have completed it. About 3.37 million people in the state have received a booster or extra dose of vaccine, according to the ODH.