COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Health reported 5,857 new COVID-19 cases in the state on Sunday, Dec. 27, bringing the total number of cases to 670,525.
Current Trends
The number of new cases today is lower than the rolling 21-day average of daily cases, which is 9,310. These numbers include both cases confirmed by a viral test and cases that meet the CDC's definition of probable. There have been 605,214 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date, which account for 90% of total cases.
There were 596 new cases reported in Cuyahoga County today.
There have now been 8,509 coronavirus-related deaths across the state; 33 new deaths were reported today, lower than the 21-day average of 74.
The median age of patients is 43 with the age range for infected patients from younger than 1 year old to 111 years old.
Hospitalizations
The ODH reported 273 new hospitalizations today, with 30 ICU admissions. There are currently 4,371 COVID-19 patients in Ohio's hospitals, and 1,083 COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
Non-COVID patients are currently occupying 47% of the state's hospital beds, according to ODH. COVID-positive patients account for 16%, leaving 36% of beds currently available. COVID patients make up 22% of the state's ICU beds, non-COVID patients are occupying 50% of ICU beds, and 26% of ICU beds are currently open.
As of today, 517,057 Ohioans are presumed recovered from the disease, according to the ODH.
Testing
There were 26,550 tests done on Dec. 25 the latest day this data from the ODH was available. Of those tests, 12.4% were positive, compared to the rolling 7-day average positivity rate, which is 12.9%. Click here for details on where to get a COVID-19 test in your area.
Vaccinations
To date, vaccinations have been started in 51,716 Ohioans, which is .44% of the state's population. There were 980 vaccines started on Dec. 26, 163 on Dec. 25, 8,234 on Dec. 24 and 19,595 on Dec. 23.
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