FRIDAY UPDATE: 1000 New Cases, Death Total Nearing 20,000

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state reported just over a thousand new coronavirus cases on Friday, 1004 to be exact.

33 of those cases come from Stark County.

The state also added 81 deaths to the count.

The total death count is getting close to 20,000.

Here are the Friday numbers:

Fri May 21

Ohio: 1,095,746 cases (+1004),
19,709 deaths (+81)

Stark: 32,868 cases (+33),
914 deaths (+3)