FRIDAY UPDATE: Over 700 New Deaths, Daily Case Number Below 20,000

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state added an alarming number of new deaths to the coronavirus fatality count on Friday.

Another 742 deaths were reported since Tuesday’s numbers came out.

The state had under 20,000 new cases, with 421 out of Stark County.

Here are your Friday numbers:

Fri Jan 21

Ohio: 2,480,566 total cases (+19,697), 31,987 deaths (+742)

Stark: 76,361 total cases (+421), 1431 deaths (+31)