COVID UPDATE: Numbers Increase Again

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Coronavirus cases are up for the second week in a row.

Over 18,000 new cases were reported in Ohio and 416 new cases reported for Stark County.

The weekly Thursday reports cover the entire previous week.

The statewide per-capita figure has risen to 277.4.

That’s the number of cases per 100,000 population for the previous two week period.

Here are your weekly numbers:

Ohio: 2,867,291 total cases (+18,838), 38,920 deaths (+68)
Stark: 84,506 total cases (+416), 1730 deaths (+6)
State cases per capita for last two weeks: 277.4