COVID WEEKLY UPDATE: Numbers Down a Bit

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Though the CDC has moved Stark County to “medium” on the coronavirus community-risk level, weekly new case numbers as reported by the state were down a bit on Thursday.

Same goes for the state.

The county had 653 reported new cases, with the state having nearly 28,000.

Death numbers were up for the state.

The per-capita figure is steady at 441.6.

Here are your weekly numbers:

Thurs Aug 4

• Ohio: 2,976,027 total cases (+27,785), 39.133 deaths (+98)
• Stark: 86,966 total cases (+653), 1738 deaths (+8)
• State cases per capita for last two weeks: 441.6