THURSDAY UPDATE: Most Daily Cases in More Than Year

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state reported the most new coronavirus cases since December 10, 2020 on Thursday.

The net increase of 10,456 cases excludes 1300-plus cases added to the total that come from earlier dates.

And the weekly statewide per-capita figure has jumped again, up to 783.2 cases per 100,000 people for the last two weeks.

Here are your Thursday numbers:

Thurs Dec 16

Ohio: 1,819,342 cases (+11,803) (+10,456 excluding 1347 older cases)

Stark: 57,136 cases (+303)

State cases per capita: 783.2