Ohio reports more than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases Sunday

ODH also reported on Sunday that in the last 24 hours, 54 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19.

Six new patients were admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 in Ohio in the last 24 hours. The 21-day average of new ICU patients is 21 patients.

The state recorded 3,466 new cases Saturday and 4,078 cases Friday. Throughout the pandemic, Ohio’s new cases typically have decreased on weekends and peaked on weekdays, when more testing is performed and results are completed.

A total of 23,955 people have died from COVID-19 in the state of Ohio as of Saturday. The state updates death data twice a week. Because other states don’t regularly report death certificates to Ohio’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, death data can fluctuate.

Nearly 55.1% of Ohioans, or nearly 6.44 million people, have have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 66.47% of adults and 64.39% of those 12 and older.