Coronavirus update Thursday, April 4, 2024
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio fell by fewer than 100 cases this week, staying nearly steady from 2,291 last week to 2,224 this week, the state reported Thursday.
The small decrease was enough to count as the seventh consecutive week that new cases have dropped.
The last time that new case numbers were nearly this low was late July when the count was 2,054. A year ago at this same time, the new case count was 6,354.
As recently as early January, the weekly case numbers were over 15,000, at 15,046.
At least 1,333,453 Ohioans have received the updated one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 3,974 people from the prior week, the state reported. This represents 11.4% of the state’s population.
The total COVID-19 case count since early 2020 in Ohio has reached 3,739,400.
There were 114 Ohioans newly hospitalized in the last week, raising the total since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 to 151,077. There were four people admitted into the ICU, bringing the total since 2020 to 15,786.
The state health department reported an additional 24 deaths from COVID-19, raising the total to 43,883. Death reporting sometimes lags by weeks.
April 4 recap
* Total reported cases: 3,739,400, up 2,224.
* Total individuals with updated vaccine: 1,333,453, up 3,974.
* Total reported deaths: 43,883, up 24.
* Total reported hospitalizations: 151,077, up 114.
* Total reported ICU admissions: 15,786, up 4.
March 28 recap
* Total reported cases: 3,737,176, up 2,291.
* Total individuals with updated vaccine: 1,329,479, up 5,000.
* Total reported deaths: 43,859, up 37.
* Total reported hospitalizations: 150,963, up 96.
* Total reported ICU admissions: 15,782, up 3.
Julie Washington covers healthcare for cleveland.com. Read previous stories at this link.
