THURSDAY UPDATE: More Than 2100 New Cases, 1300 Hospitalized

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The state reported over 2100 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Of those, Stark County had 53 new cases.

The number of Ohioans actively hospitalized with the virus is now 1300.

On the weekly color-coded coronavirus map, all local counties remained either Red Level-3 or Orange Level 2.

Franklin County which is the Columbus area jumped up to Purple Level-4,

Here are the Thursday numbers:

Thurs April 15
Ohio: 1,048,109 cases (+2164), 18,917 deaths
Stark: 31,348 cases (+53), 894 deaths